1968 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1968 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 1968.

## Flora

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### Ferns and fern allies

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Name  | Novelty  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Type locality  | Location  | Notes  | Images

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Allantodiopsis pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Middle Eocene

Puget Group
"Lower Fultonian"

USA
Washington

A dryopteridaceous fern

|  Allantodiopsis pugetensis

### Angiosperms

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Name  | Novelty  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Type locality  | Location  | Notes  | Images

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Alnus kluckingi[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837

USA
Washington

A alder species.

Anacardites franklinensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Roslyn Formation

USA
Washington

A cashew foliage form genus.

Artocarpoides kummerensis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A dicot of uncertain affinity.
Moved to Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977)[3]
Moved to Republica kummerensis (1987)[4]

Artocarpoides litseafolia[2]

Comb nov

jr synonym

(MacGinitie) Wolfe

Eocene
Ypresian

Ione Formation
"Chalk Bluff Flora" Loc P3324

USA
California

A dicot of uncertain affinity.
Moved from Lauropliyllum litseafolia (1941)[5]
Moved to Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969).
Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987)[4]

Calkinsia[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A moon seed relative.
The type species is C. franklinensis

Camellia multiforma[2]

Comb nov

valid

(Potbury) Wolfe

Latest Eocene-Earliest Oligocene

La Porte Tuff

USA
California

A Camellia species.
Moved from Euphorbiophyllum multiformum (1935)[6]

Carya cashmanensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A hickory relative.

Carya pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9680

USA
Washington

A hickory relative.

Castanopsis franklinensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

USA
Washington

A chinquapin species.

Cladrastis pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A Cladrastis species legume.

Dryophyllum pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Ravenian"

Puget Group
"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694

USA
Washington

A Dryophyllum species.

Fothergilla durhamensis[2]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832

USA
Washington

A platanaceous species.
Moved to Platimeliphyllum durhamensis in (2022)[7]

Goweria[2]

Gen et 2 Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Eocene

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USA
Oregon

A icacinaceous genus.
The type species is "Benzoin" dilleri (1900).
The genus also includes G. linearis.

Hyperbaena dilleri[2]

Comb nov

Jr synonym

(Knowlton) Wolfe

Eocene

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USA
Oregon

A moon seed relative.
Moved from "Benzoin" dilleri (1900).
Moved to Calkinsia dilleri (1977)[3]

Hypserpa cashmanensis[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A Hypserpa species moon seed.

Hypserpa cashmanensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A Hypserpa species moon seed.

Hypserpa franklinensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

USA
Washington

A Hypserpa species moon seed.

Macaranga pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

A Macaranga species euphorbe.

Macclintockia pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Kummerian"

Puget Group
Renton Formation Loc 9688

USA
Washington

A Macclintockia species.

Pterocarya pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837

USA
Washington

A wingnut species.

"Pugetia"[2]

Gen et sp nov

homonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Green River canyon, above vein 12" Loc 1963

USA
Washington

A possible hickory relative.
The type species is "P". longifolia
Junior homonym of Pugetia Kylin, 1925

Rhamnites cashmanensis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

USA
Washington

identified as a Rhamnites buckthorn foliage.
Moved to Parashorea cashmanensis (1977)[3]

Rhamnites franklinensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

USA
Washington

A Rhamnites buckthorn foliage.

Ternstroemites ravenensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Ravenian"

Puget Group
"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694

USA
Washington

A Ternstroemites theaceous foliage.

Viburnum pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

USA
Washington

A Viburnum species.

Vinea[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832

USA
Washington

A walnut relative.
Also noted from the Roslyn Formation.

Willisia[2]

Gen et sp nov

Jr homonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832

USA
Washington

A linden relative.
Jr homonym of Willisia Warming 1901.
Renamed Plafkeria in (1977)
The type species is "W." rentonensis

## Arthropods

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### Insects

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Eriocampa tulameenensis[8]

sp nov

Valid

Rice

Early Eocene

Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A Tenthredinidae sawfly

|  Eriocampa tulameenensis

Pseudosiobla campbelli[8]

sp nov

Valid

Rice

Early Eocene

Horsefly Shales

Canada
British Columbia

A Tenthredinidae sawfly

|  Pseudosiobla campbelli

## Conodonts

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

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Neognathodus

gen nov

Valid taxon

David L. Dunn

Pennsylvanian

* Brazil
* China
* Egypt
* Mexico

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## Archosauriformes

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### Non-avian dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]

Name  | Novelty  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Type locality  | Country  | Notes  | Images

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Aralosaurus[10]

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Rozhdestvensky

Late Cretaceous

Bostobe Svita

Kazakhstan

An aralosaurin hadrosaur.

|  Aralosaurus tuberiferus

### Birds

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Name  | Novelty  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Type locality  | Country  | Notes  | Images

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Aethia rossmoori [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

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USA
( California)

An Alcidae.

Alauda jordanica [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

Israel

An Alaudidae.

Alcodes [11]

Gen et sp nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene?

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USA

An Alcidae,
type species A. ulnulus

Bathornis fricki [13]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Early Miocene

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USA
( Wyoming)

A Bathornithid

Buteo circoides [14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

Mongolia

An Accipitridae.

Coturnicops avita [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

USA
( Idaho)

A Rallidae.

Cygnavus formosus [16]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Late Eocene

Zaysan Bassin

Kazakhstan

An Anatidae.

"Cygnopterus" lambrechti[16]

Sp. nov.

valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Kustovskaya

Kazakhstan

Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis

Fulica stekelesi [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

Israel

A Rallidae.

Fulmarus hammeri [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

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USA
( California)

A Procellariidae.

Gobihierax [14]

Gen et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

Mongolia

An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax

Guguschia nailiae [17]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich

Middle Oligocene

Maykopian Clay

Azerbaijan

A Swan, Anatidae.

Laterallus insignis [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Rexroad Formation

USA ( Kansas)

A Rallidae.

Limicorallus [16]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene-Miocene

Myn-Say Gorge

Kazakhstan

A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.

Megaegotheles [18]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Jr synonym

Scarlett

Pleistocene-modern

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New Zealand

An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae,
jr syn of Aegotheles.[19]

Megagallinula [16]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Kur-Say Gorge

Kazakhstan

A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea

Melanocorypha gracilis [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

Israel

An Alaudidae.

Palaeorallus alienus [14]

Sp. nov.

nomen dubium

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

Mongolia

A possible Rallidae,

Paracrax gigantea[20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Late Oligocene

Brule Formation

USA
( South Dakota)

A Bathornithidae

Paracrax wetmorei [20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Late Oligocene

Brule Formation

USA
( South Dakota)

A Bathornithidae

Petronia brevirostris [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

Israel

A Passeridae.

Puffinus calhouni [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

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USA
( California)

A Procellariidae.

Tutor dementievi [14]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

Mongolia

An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi

## Sauropterygians

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### Plesiosaurs

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Ceraunosaurus

Gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Thurmond

Late Cretaceous

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junior synonym of Trinacromerum

## Synapsids

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### Mammaliformes

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Megazostrodon

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Crompton & Jenkins

Early Jurassic

Elliot Formation

Lesotho

A megazostrodontid morganucodont

|  Megazostrodon

## 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Wolfe, J.A. (1968). Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 571\. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–29. doi:10.3133/pp571.
3. ^ a b c Wolfe, J.A. (1977). Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 997\. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–108. doi:10.3133/pp997.
4. ^ a b Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597\. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.
5. ^ MacGinitie, H.D. (1941). A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada (Report). Contributions to Paleontology. Vol. 534\. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 116.
6. ^ Potbury, S.S. (1935). "The La Porte flora of Plumas County, California". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 63 (5): 29–82.
7. ^ Huegele, I.B.; Zhu, H.; Zhao, B.; Wang, Y.-F.; Manchester, S. R. (2021). "Trans-Beringial Distribution of Platimeliphyllum (Platanaceae) in the Eocene of Eastern Asia and Western North America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 183 (2): 139–153. doi:10.1086/717692. S2CID 239529168.
8. ^ a b Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada. 67 (59): 1–21.
9. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
10. ^ Rozhdestvensky. A.K. 1968. Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. In: Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Amphibians and Reptiles (Tatarinov, L.P., et al., eds.). Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. Moscow: pp. 97- 141.
11. ^ a b c d Howard, H (1968). "Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 142: 1–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
12. ^ a b c d Tchernov, E (1968). "A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia". Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities. 1968: 1–44.
13. ^ Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2326): 1–46.
14. ^ a b c d Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya. 9: 323–330.
15. ^ a b Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453. doi:10.2307/4083293. JSTOR 4083293.
16. ^ a b c d Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal. 2: 83–90.
17. ^ Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453.
18. ^ Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis. 15: 254–266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
19. ^ Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher (1987). "The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae". De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut. 77: 341–352.
20. ^ a b Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2326): 1–46.

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