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 1986.
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Plants
Pinophytes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
sp nov |
Valid |
Schorn & Wehr |
One of the oldest fir species |
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Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Macginicarpa[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
A platanaceous infructescence genus. |
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Macginistemon |
Gen et comb nov |
valid |
(MacGinitie) Manchester |
A platanaceous stamen species. |
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|
Comb nov |
valid |
(Lesquereux) Manchester |
A platanaceous species. |
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Platananthus[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
A platanaceous staminate inflorescence genus. |
Newly described insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Stenolestes fischeri[4] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Nel |
A Sieblosiid damselfly. |
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Molluscs
Bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
gen et sp nov |
Jermak |
"northern Siberia" |
possible jr synonym of Pojetaia |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Li & Zhou |
Henan province |
jr synonym of Pojetaia runnegari |
Fish
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Oelofsen |
Prince Albert Formation (Ecca Group) |
A member of Symmoriida.[7] The type species is D. oosthuizeni. |
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Valid taxon |
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Valid taxon |
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|
Valid taxon |
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Jr. synonym of Herrerasaurus |
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Valid taxon |
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Valid taxon |
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Valid taxon |
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Newly named birds
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Asiavis [15] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Nessov |
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|
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Mourer-Chauviré & Weesie |
A Strigidae. |
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|
Eopuffinus[15] |
Valid |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Nessov |
A Procellariidae, type species E. kazachstanensis |
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|
Valid |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Kessler & Jurcsák |
A Eurolimnornithidae, |
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|
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
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|
Ichthyornis maltshevskyi [15] |
jr synonym |
Sp. nov. |
Nessov |
Described as an Ichthyornithidae, |
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|
Valid |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Molnar |
A Gobipteryginae Alexornithid, |
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|
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Kessler & Jurcsák |
A Eurolimnornithidae, type genus P. biharicus |
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|
Pliogyps charon [22] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Becker |
A Cathartidae. |
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|
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Pterosaurs
- Fossil jaw fragments containing multicusped teeth were found in Dockum Group rocks in western Texas.[23] One fragment, apparently from a lower jaw, contained two teeth, each with five cusps.[23] Another fragment, from an upper jaw, also contained several multi-cusped teeth.[23] These finds are very similar to the pterosaur genus Eudimorphodon and may be attributable to this genus, although without better fossil remains it is impossible to be sure.[23]
New taxa
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Synapsids
Mammals
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type Strata | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Valid |
Tomasetti & Plane |
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| Rostriamynodon grangeri[25] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wall & Manning |
Early late Eocene |
An amynodontid |
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- ^ Schorn, H.E.; Wehr, W.C. (1986). "Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History. 1: 1–7.
- ^ a b c Manchester, S. R. (1986). "Vegetative and reproductive morphology of an extinct plane tree (Platanaceae) from the Eocene of western North America". Botanical Gazette. 147 (2): 200–226. doi:10.1086/337587. S2CID 83715341.
- ^ Nel., A. (1986). "Révision du genre cénozoïque Stenolestes Scudder, 1895; description de deux espèces nouvelles (Insecta, Odonata, Lestidae)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section C. 8 (4): 447–461.
- ^ a b Elicki, O.; Gürsu, S. (2009). "First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (2): 267–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9. S2CID 49380913. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ B.W. Oelofsen (1986). "A fossil shark neurocranium from the Permo-Carboniferous (lowermost Ecca Formation) of South Africa". In T. Uyeno; R. Arai; T. Taniuchi; K. Matsuura (eds.). Indo-Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan. pp. 107–124. ISBN 978-4930813121.
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- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
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- ^ Buffetaut, E. and R. Ingevat. 1986. Unusual theropod dinosaur teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Phu Wiang northeastern Thailand. Rev. Paleobiol. 5: pp. 217-220.
- ^ Martinez, R, O. Gimenez, J. Rodriguez, and G. Bochatey. 1985. Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae) un nuevo Theropoda de la Formacion Bajo Barrel Chubut, Argentina. Actas IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontoloiga y Bioestratigraffa 2: pp. 23-31.
- ^ a b c Lev A. Nessov (1986). "Pervaya nakhodka pozdnemelovoy ptitsy-ikhtiornisa v starom svete i nekotoryye drugiye kosti ptits iz mela i paleogena Sredney Azii. [The first Find of the Late Cretaceous Bird, Ichthyornis, in the Old World, and Some Other Bird Bones from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Middle Asia.] [in Russian, with English summary]". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 147: 31–38.
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- ^ a b Jenö Kessler & Tibor Jurcsák (1986). "New Contributions to the Knowledge of the Lower Cretaceous Bird Remains from Cornet (Romania)" (PDF). Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa". 28: 289–295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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