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 1993.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
(Tidwell & Medlyn) Gee et al |
Anaraucariaceous petrified wood. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Voisin & Nel |
ACurculionid weevil |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Henrotay |
Asphenophlebiid dragonfly. Type species M. veronicae |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Nel |
Late Miocene |
Aninocellid snakefly, |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Nel |
A snakefly |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Henrotay |
AMyopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. marcusi |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Escuillé |
ASieblosiid damselfly, type species P. miocenicus |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Henrotay |
AMyopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. loneuxi |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (mid Norian) |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]
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Anasazisaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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Argentinosaurus[11] | Valid taxon | Asauropod of 75 to 100 tons and 35 meters in length. | ||||
"Elvisaurus" | nomen nudum later named Cryolophosaurus |
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Eoraptor[12] | Valid taxon |
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A primitive saurischian. | |||
Iuticosaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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Klamelisaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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Malawisaurus[15] | Valid taxon |
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ASauropod dinosaur from Malawi. | ||
"Mononychus"[16] | Preoccupied name, later respelled Mononykus |
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Mononykus | Valid taxon |
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A small Mongolian alvaresaur. | ||
Naashoibitosaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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Pararhabdodon[17] | Valid taxon |
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A Spanish Tsintaosaurin Hadrosaur. | ||
Tianchisaurus[18] | Valid taxon | |||||
Tsagantegia[19] | Valid taxon |
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Utahraptor[20] | Valid taxon |
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A bear-size Dromaeosaur. |
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid ? |
Sp. nov. |
AnArchaopterygidae, the 7th Archaeopteryx specimen (Solnhofer Aktien-Verein specimen). Often seen as synonymous with Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
AnOrnithurae, Chaoyangiiformes Hou, 1997, Chaoyangiidae Hou, 1997.[23] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
ACorvidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
AnEnantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Incolornis Panteleyev, 1998 by Panteleyev, 1998[28] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
AnEnantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Explorornis Panteleyev, 1998 by Panteleyev[28] |
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1993, In press. |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pliocene |
Phasianidae, I have not seen the paper, but it is mentioned in the Sape Newsletter, 1993[30] and in Mlíkovský, 2002. . |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Campanian |
AHesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
AnEnantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
Central Kizylkum Desert |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle-Late Miocene |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Sticky Beak Local Fauna |
AnAccipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nomen Nudum |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lin ? |
A possible Confuciusornithidae, the famous "Archaopteryx of Korea", there is not a valid description of this specimen, so the name is a Nomen Nudum. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
AnAcanthizidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
AnEnantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985,[38] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
AnEnantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Bakker |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |