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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 1982.

## Plants

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### Pteridophytes

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Osmunda wehrii[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Miller jr

Middle Miocene

Roza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact,
Columbia River Basalt Group.

USA
Washington

A fern

### Angiosperms

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Alangium oregonensis[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

An Alangium wood species

Betula clarnoensis[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Betula wood species

Cercidiphyllum alalongum[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Cercidiphyllum wood species

Fagaceoxylon[3]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Fagaceae wood genus.
Type species F. ostryopsoides

Liriodendroxylon multiporosum[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Magnoliaceae wood species

Magnolia angulata[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Magnolia wood species

Magnolia longiradiata[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Magnolia wood species

Quercinium crystallifera[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Fagaceae wood species

Ulminium scalariforme[3]

Sp nov

valid

Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Lauraceae wood species

Trochodendron beckii[3]

Comb nov

valid

(Hergert & Phinney) Scott & Wheeler

Middle Eocene

Clarno Formation

USA
Oregon

A Trochodendron wood species.
New comb of Trochodendroxylon beckii Hergert & Phinney 1954

## Fish

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### Ray-finned fish

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

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"Amia" hesperia[4]

Sp nov

Valid

Wilson

Early Eocene

Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A bowfin

|  Amia hesperia scale

## Archosauromorphs

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### Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]

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

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Arstanosaurus[6]

gen et sp nov

Nomen dubium.

* Suslov
* Shilin

Upper Cretaceous

Bostobinskaya Formation

Kazakhstan

|  |  Arstanosaurus

Dandakosaurus[7]

gen et sp nov

Nomen dubium.

* Yadagiri

Early Jurassic

Kota Formation

India

Goyocephale[8]

gen et sp nov

Valid

* Perle, Maryańska, & Osmólska

Late Cretaceous

Unnamed unit

Mongolia

|  |  Goyocephale

Huayangosaurus[9]

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Dong, Tang, & Zhou

Middle Jurassic

Lower Shaximiao Formation

China

|  |  Huayangosaurus

Hulsanpes[10]

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Osmólska

Late Cretaceous

Barun Goyot Formation

Mongolia

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Pectinodon[11]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Carpenter

Late Cretaceous

Lance Formation

USA

A troodontid.

Tawasaurus[12]

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

* Yang

Early Jurassic

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China

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"Vectensia"[13]

gen et sp nov

Nomen nudum

Delair

Early Cretaceous

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Referred to Polacanthus.

### Birds

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#### Some remarks on newly named birds

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* Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.

#### Newly named birds

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Alectoris peii [14]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Early Pleistocene

Zhoukoudian

China

A Phasianidae.

Ambiortus dementjevi [15]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Early Cretaceous

Neocomian,

Unduruhinskaya Formatie

Mongolia

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982. Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus.

Anhinga hadarensis [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Pierce Brodkorb

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene

Hadar Formation,

± 3 My BP

Ethiopia

An Anhingidae.

Athene cretensis [17]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Peter D. M. Weesie

Late Pleistocene

Crete,

MQ 2C

Greece

A Strigidae.

Bantamyx georgicus [18][19]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Late Miocene

Khirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2

Mongolia

A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Caspiodontornis kobystanicus [20][21]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Sevil M. Aslanova

Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich

Middle Oligocene

Maykopian Formation

Soviet Union:

Azerbaijan

An Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.

Cepphus olsoni [22]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hildegarde Howard

Late Miocene

San Mateo Formation,

San Luis Rey River Local Fauna

USA

California

An Alcidae.

Ciconia lucida [18]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Middle Pliocene

Large Lakes Basin

Mongolia

A Ciconiidae.

Columba congi [14]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Pleistocene

Zhoukoudian

China

A Columbidae.

Crossoptilon jiai [14]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Pleistocene

Zhoukoudian

China

A Phasianidae.

Ephippiorhynchus pakistanensis [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late Miocene

Upper Dokh Pathan Formation, Siwalik Series

Pakistan

A Ciconiidae.

Falco chowi [14]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Pleistocene

Zhoukoudian

China

A Falconidae.

Gavia egeriana [24]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Petr Švec

Early Miocene

MN 4b

Czechoslovakia

A Gaviidae.

Lophura wayrei [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late Miocene

Upper Nagri Formation, Chinji Formation, Siwalik Series

Pakistan

A Phasianidae.

Minggangia changgouensis [25]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Late Eocene

Linzhuangqun

China

A Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus.

Miobaptus walteri [24]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Petr Švec

Early Miocene

MN 4b

Czechoslovakia

A Podicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genus Podiceps.[26]

Ornimegalonyx acevedoi [27]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Oscar Arredondo

Late Pleistocene

Cave deposits

Cuba

A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.

Ornimegalonyx gigas [27]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Oscar Arredondo

Late Pleistocene

Cave deposits

Cuba

A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.

Ornimegalonyx minor [27]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Oscar Arredondo

Late Pleistocene

Cave deposits

Cuba

A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.

Palaeopsittacus georgei [28]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Early Eocene

London Clay

MP 8

UK:

England

Described as a Psittacidae, transferred by Mourer-Chauviré in 1992 to the Quercypsittidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mayr et Daniels 1998, Mayr 2009 thought it might be a Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus.

Paludiavis richae [23]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late Miocene

Siwalik Series

Pakistan

A possible Balaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Parvulivenator watteli [29]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Early Eocene

London Clay

MP 8

UK:

England

Described as a Falconidae, but Mlíkovský 2002 [30] placed it in Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.

Physornis brasiliensis [31]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga

Late Oligocene or Early Miocene

Upper Deseadean, Tremembé Formation

Brazil

A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genus Paraphysornis.[32]

Pleotis liui [14]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Pleistocene

Zhoukoudian

China

An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Porphyrio parvus [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late Miocene

Upper Nagri Formatie, Siwalik Series

Pakistan

A Rallidae.

Tachornis uranoceles [33]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

Pleistocene

Cave deposits

Puerto Rico

An Apodidae.

Uria paleohesperis [22]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hildegarde Howard

Late Miocene

San Mateo Formation

San Luis Rey River Local Fauna

USA

California

An Alcidae.

Urmiornis cracrafti [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late Miocene

Near Kadirpur

Pakistan

A Gruiformes, Ergilornithidae Kozlova, 1960. According to Karhu, 1997 not an Ergilornithidae. Olson, 1985 and Kurochkin, 1985 place the species in the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891.

## Plesiosaurs

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### New taxa

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Bathyspondylus

gen et sp nov

Valid

Delair

Kimmeridgian

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England

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## Pterosaurs

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### New taxa

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Huanhepterus

gen et sp nov

Valid

Dong

Late Jurassic

Huachihuanhe Formation

China

## Pseudosuchia

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### General pseudosuchian research

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* Ralph Molnar publishes a revision of the genus Pallimnarchus, comparing it to various Australasian crocodilians and diagnosing it based on proportional differences.[34]

### New taxa

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Dianchungosaurus[35]

gen et sp nov

valid

* Yang Z. J.

Sinemurian

Lufeng Formation

China

First described as a dinosaur

Trialestes[36]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Bonaparte

Late Triassic

Ischigualasto Formation

Argentina

Sphenosuchian

## References

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* Paleontology portal

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