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A [[Camarasauromorpha|camarasauromorph]] sauropod, |
A [[Camarasauromorpha|camarasauromorph]] sauropod, {{no wrap|type species ''C. lewisi''}} |
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[[File:Cathetosaurus skeleton 1.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Cathetosaurus lewisi|Cathetosaurus lewisi]]'']] |
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[[Dinosaur Park Formation]] |
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A [[Nodosauridae|nodosaurid]] |
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[[File:Dinosaur exhibit - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01881.JPG|thumb|center|150px|''[[Denversaurus schlessmani|Denversaurus schlessmani]]'' |
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Possible [[junior synonym]] of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''. |
Possible [[junior synonym]] of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''. |
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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 1988.
Plants
Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Stockey & Manchester |
A flower of uncertain affliation |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A Rosaceae genus |
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
An aneuretine ant |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene |
Sakhalin amber |
A ponerine ant |
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Gen et 2 sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene |
Sakhalin amber |
A dolichoderine ant, two species Z. horiibilis & Z. rapax |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
- The dubious family, Ornitholestidae is named by Gregory Scott Paul.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An ornithomimid theropod |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
A camarasauromorph sauropod, type species C. lewisi |
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Subgen Nov |
Jr syn of Edmontonia |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bakker |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
new genus for Brachiosaurus brancai |
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Gen nov |
Late Cretaceous |
A possible hadrosaurid, undescribed |
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Gen nov |
Hisa |
Early Cretaceous |
A possible dromeosaurid, undescribed |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Yadagiri |
A basal sauropod |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid? |
Bakker, Williams, & Currie |
Lance Formation |
Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus. |
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Gen ex sp nov |
Valid |
Campanian |
An ornithopod |
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"Protognathus"[14] |
Gen et sp nov |
Zhang |
Middle Jurassic |
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Gen et sp nov |
Giffin, Gabriel, & Johnson |
Late Cretaceous |
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Newly named birds
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Diomedeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Cathartidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Apodiformes, Jungornithidae Karkhu, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle Clarkforkian, |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Ralliformes, Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Probably Otiran Glacial Stage |
An Acanthisittidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Acanthisittidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Coliidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Coliidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
London Clay A, MP 8 |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Psilopterinae Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez, 1927. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae, now seen as a subspecies of Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831, Sula dactylatra fullagari O’Brien et Davies, 1991 is its junior synonym, so tasmani is the correct name. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A basal Piciformes, Sylphornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Described as a Rallidae, but transferred to the Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992 by Mourer-Chauviré in 2000 [30] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Aves Incertae Sedis, perhaps a Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Caprimulgidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Graculavidae Fürbringer, 1888, A Forma Familia, Charadriiformes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Pelecaniformes, Prophaethontidae Harrison et Walker, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
A Thalassodromidae pterosaur |
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- ^ Stockey, R. A.; Manchester, S. R. (1988). "A fossil flower with in situ Pistillipollenites from the Eocene of British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Botany. 66 (2): 313–318. doi:10.1139/b88-051.
- ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1988). "Rosaceous Chamaebatiaria-like foliage from the Paleogene of western North America". Aliso. 12 (1): 177–200. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.14.
- ^ a b c Dlussky, G. M. (1988). "Ants of Sakhalin amber (Paleocene?)" (PDF). Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1988 (1): 50–61.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Barsbold, R. 1988. A new late Cretaceous ornithomimid of Mongolia [in Russian]. Paleontol. J. 1: pp. 122-125.
- ^ Jensen, J.A. 1988. A fourth new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Colorado Plateau and sauropod bipedalism. Great Basin Nat. 48 (2), pp. 121-145.
- ^ Mateus, O., & Tschopp E. (2013). Cathetosaurus as a valid sauropod genus and comparisons with Camarasaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2013. 173.
- ^ a b Bakker, R. T. 1988. Review of the late Cretaceous Nodosaurid Dinosauria, Denversaurus schlessmani, a new armor-plated dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of South Dakota, the Last Survivor of the Nodosaurians, with comments on Stegosaur-Nodosaur Relationships. Hunteria 1 (3), pp. 3-23.
- ^ Yadagiri, P. 1988. A new sauropod Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis from Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 116 (3-8): pp. 102-127.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Horner, J.R. and D.B. Weishampel. 1988. A comparative embryological study of two ornithischian dinosaurs. Nature 332: pp. 256- 257.
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- ^ Giffin, E. B., D.L. Gabriel, and R.E. Johnson. 1987. A new pachycephalosaurid skull (Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. J. Vert. Palaeontol. 7 (4); pp. 398-407.
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- ^ Steven D. Emslie (1988). "An Early Condor-like Vulture from North America" (PDF). The Auk. 105 (3): 529–535. doi:10.1093/auk/105.3.529.
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- ^ a b c d Peter W. Houde (1988). "Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere". Publication of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 22: 1–148.
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- ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2000). "A New Species of Ameripodius (Aves: Galliformes: Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France". Palaeontology. 43 (3): 481–493. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00136.x.
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