1963 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1963 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 1963.

## Arthropods

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### Newly named insects

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Propelma[2]

Gen et sp. nov

valid

Trjapitzin

Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe

A eupelmid wasp.
Type species P. rohdendorfi

## Vertebrates

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### Archosauromorphs

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"Triassolestes"[3]

Gen et sp nov

preoccupied

Reig

Carnian

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A Crocodylomorph,
Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918.
Renamed Trialestes.

### Dinosauria

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Name  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Unit  | Location  | Notes  | Images

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Herrerasaurus[3] | Valid taxon  |

* Osvaldo Reig

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Late Triassic (Carnian)

Ischigualasto Formation

* Argentina

A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur.

"Ischisaurus"[3] | Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus |

* Osvaldo Reig

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Late Triassic (Carnian)

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A herrerasaurid.

"Tanystrosuchus"[5] | Nomen dubium.  |

* Kuhn

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Late Triassic (Norian)

Stubensandstein

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Either a theropod or shuvosaurid.

### Birds

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Name  | Novelty  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Unit  | Location  | Notes  | Images

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Agriocharis anza[6]

Sp. nov.

synonym

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

* USA ( California)

A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza

Anas itchtucknee[7]

Sp. nov.

valid

McCoy

Late Pleistocene

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An Anatidae.

Aphanocrex podarces[8]

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

valid

Wetmore

Holocene

St. Helena

* Saint Helena

A Rallidae.

Brantadorna downsi[6]

Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

* USA ( California)

An Anatidae.

Bucephala fossilis[6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

* USA ( California)

An Anatidae.

Calidris rayi[9]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

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A Scolopacidae.

Ceramornis major[10]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

* USA ( Wyoming)

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.

Cimolopteryx maxima[10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

* USA ( Wyoming)

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.

Cimolopteryx rara[10]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

* USA ( Wyoming)

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.

Dromiceius ocypus[11]

Synonym

valid

Holmes Miller

Early Pliocene

Mampuwordu Sands

* Australia

A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius.

Fulica hesterna[6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

* USA ( California)

A Rallidae.

Gallinula brodkorbi[12]

Sp. nov.

valid

McCoy

Late Pleistocene

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A Rallidae.

Lonchodytes[10]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

* USA ( Wyoming)

A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi

Lonchodytes pterygius[10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

* USA ( Wyoming)

A Gaviiformes

Nanortyx[13]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Weigel

Early Oligocene

Cypress Hills Formation

* Canada ( Saskatchewan)

An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus

Neococcyx[13]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Weigel

Early Oligocene

Cypress Hills Formation

* Canada ( Saskatchewan)

A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei

Neophrontops vallecitoensis[6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

* USA ( California)

An Accipitridae.

Nycticorax fidens[9]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

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An Ardeidae.

Oxyura bessomi[6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

* USA ( California)

An Anatidae.

Palaeeudyptes marplesi[14]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Eocene

Burnside Marl

* New Zealand

A Spheniscidae.

Palaeostruthus eurius[15]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Miocene

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A Passerellidae.

Paractitis[13]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Weigel

Early Oligocene

Cypress Hills Formation

* Canada ( Saskatchewan)

A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi

Phalacrocorax ibericum[16]

Sp. nov.

valid?

de Villalta Comella

Late Miocene

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* Spain

A Phalacrocoracidae

Phoeniconotius[17]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Holmes Miller

Early Miocene

Etadunna Formation

* Australia

A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis

Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae[17]

Sp. nov.

valid

Holmes Miller

Early Miocene

Etadunna Formation

* Australia

A Phoenicopteridae

Podiceps dixi[18]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Middle Pleistocene

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A Podicipedidae

Probalearica crataegensis[19]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

synonym

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

* USA ( Florida)

A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis

Propelargus olseni[19]

Sp. nov.

synonym

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

* USA ( Florida)

A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni.

Puffinus micraulax[19]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

* USA ( Florida)

A Sulidae.

Sula universitatis[19]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

* USA ( Florida)

A Sulidae.

Titanis[20]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian

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* USA ( Florida)

A Phorusrhacidae.
Type sp. T. walleri

Torotix clemensi[21]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Cretaceous

Lance Formation

* USA ( Wyoming)

Possibly a Pelecaniform,
currently Aves Incertae Sedis.

Totanus teruelensis[22]

Sp. nov.

synonym

de Villalta Comella

Late Miocene

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* Spain

A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis

## Popular culture

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### Literature

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* Savage Pellucidar, the last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.[23]

## 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. ^ Gibson, G (2013). "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)". ZooKeys (283): 59–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.283.4665. PMC 3677364. PMID 23794842.
3. ^ a b c Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
4. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
5. ^ Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
6. ^ a b c d e f Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
7. ^ McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
8. ^ Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1963.tb06760.x.
9. ^ a b Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.
10. ^ a b c d e Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
11. ^ Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.
12. ^ McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
13. ^ a b c Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.
14. ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.
15. ^ Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.
16. ^ de Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 6: 263–285.
17. ^ a b Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355. JSTOR 1365355.
18. ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
19. ^ a b c d Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.
20. ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556. JSTOR 4082556.
21. ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
22. ^ de Villalta Comella, J. F. (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 61: 263–285.
23. ^ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.