Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life formsonEarth 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.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp. nov |
valid |
Trjapitzin |
Aeupelmid wasp. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
preoccupied |
ACrocodylomorph, |
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 |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
Aherrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur. |
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"Ischisaurus"[3] | Junior synonymofHerrerasaurus |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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"Tanystrosuchus"[5] | Nomen dubium. |
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Late Triassic (Norian) |
Either a theropodorshuvosaurid. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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APhasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
AnAnatidae. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
valid |
ARallidae. |
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Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
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AnAnatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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AnAnatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
ACimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
ACimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
ACimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Synonym |
valid |
ADromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
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ARallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
ARallidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
AGaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
AnOdontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
ACoccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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AnAccipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
AnArdeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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AnAnatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
AScolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi |
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Sp. nov. |
valid? |
de Villalta Comella |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
APhoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
Early Miocene |
Etadunna Formation |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
AGruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
ACiconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
ASulidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
ASulidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian |
APhorusrhacidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Cretaceous |
Lance Formation |
Possibly a Pelecaniform, |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
de Villalta Comella |
ALaridae, syn of Larus teruelensis |