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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 1963.

Arthropods[edit]

Newly named insects[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Propelma^[2]	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Trjapitzin	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	A eupelmid wasp. Type species P. rohdendorfi

Vertebrates[edit]

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
"Triassolestes"^[3]	Gen et sp nov	preoccupied	Reig	Carnian			A Crocodylomorph, Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918. Renamed Trialestes.

Dinosauria[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Herrerasaurus^[3]	Valid taxon	Osvaldo Reig	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur.
"Ischisaurus"^[3]	Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus	Osvaldo Reig	Late Triassic (Carnian)			A herrerasaurid.
"Tanystrosuchus"^[5]	Nomen dubium.	Kuhn	Late Triassic (Norian)	Stubensandstein		Either a theropod or shuvosaurid.

Birds[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Agriocharis anza^[6]	Sp. nov.	synonym	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza
Anas itchtucknee^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	McCoy	Late Pleistocene			An Anatidae.
Aphanocrex podarces^[8]	Gen. nov et Sp. nov.	valid	Wetmore	Holocene	St. Helena	Saint Helena	A Rallidae.
Brantadorna downsi^[6]	Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae.
Bucephala fossilis^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae.
Calidris rayi^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene			A Scolopacidae.
Ceramornis major^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Cimolopteryx maxima^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Cimolopteryx rara^[10]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Dromiceius ocypus^[11]	Synonym	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Pliocene	Mampuwordu Sands	Australia	A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius.
Fulica hesterna^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	A Rallidae.
Gallinula brodkorbi^[12]	Sp. nov.	valid	McCoy	Late Pleistocene			A Rallidae.
Lonchodytes^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi
Lonchodytes pterygius^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Gaviiformes
Nanortyx^[13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan)	An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus
Neococcyx^[13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan)	A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei
Neophrontops vallecitoensis^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Accipitridae.
Nycticorax fidens^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene			An Ardeidae.
Oxyura bessomi^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae.
Palaeeudyptes marplesi^[14]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Eocene	Burnside Marl	New Zealand	A Spheniscidae.
Palaeostruthus eurius^[15]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Miocene			A Passerellidae.
Paractitis^[13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan)	A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi
Phalacrocorax ibericum^[16]	Sp. nov.	valid?	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Phalacrocoracidae
Phoeniconotius^[17]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis
Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae^[17]	Sp. nov.	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae
Podiceps dixi^[18]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Middle Pleistocene			A Podicipedidae
Probalearica crataegensis^[19]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis
Propelargus olseni^[19]	Sp. nov.	synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni.
Puffinus micraulax^[19]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Sulidae.
Sula universitatis^[19]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Sulidae.
Titanis^[20]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian		USA ( Florida)	A Phorusrhacidae. Type sp. T. walleri
Torotix clemensi^[21]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	Possibly a Pelecaniform, currently Aves Incertae Sedis.
Totanus teruelensis^[22]	Sp. nov.	synonym	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis

Popular culture[edit]

Literature[edit]

Savage Pellucidar, the last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.^[23]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Gibson, G (2013). "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)". ZooKeys (283): 59–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.283.4665. PMC 3677364. PMID 23794842.
^ ^a ^b ^c Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
^ McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
^ Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1963.tb06760.x.
^ ^a ^b Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
^ Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.
^ McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
^ ^a ^b ^c Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.
^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.
^ Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.
^ de Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 6: 263–285.
^ ^a ^b Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355. JSTOR 1365355.
^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.
^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556. JSTOR 4082556.
^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
^ de Villalta Comella, J. F. (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 61: 263–285.
^ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.

[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.

[Gibson2013-2] Gibson, G (2013). "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)". ZooKeys (283): 59–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.283.4665. PMC 3677364. PMID 23794842.

[reig63larioja-3] Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.

[ddinogeorge-4] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[kuhn1963ichnia-5] Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.

[Howard1963-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-05.

[McCoy1963-7] McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.

[Wetmore1963-8] Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1963.tb06760.x.

[Nycticorax-9] Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.

[Lonchodytes-10] Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.

[Dromiceius-11] Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.

[Gallinula-12] McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.

[Weigel963-13] Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.

[Palaeeudyptes-14] Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.

[Brodkorb963-15] Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.

[ibericum1963-16] Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 6: 263–285.

[Miller1963-17] Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355. JSTOR 1365355.

[Brodkorb1963A-18] Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-21.

[Brodkorb1963B-19] Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.

[Brodkorb1963C-20] Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556. JSTOR 4082556.

[Brodkorb1963D-21] Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.

[Totanus-22] Villalta Comella, J. F. (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 61: 263–285.

[sarjeant-fic-23] Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.

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