1990 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 1990.
Plants[edit]
Conifers[edit]
Pinaceae[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Syn nov |
valid |
A possible bristlecone fir species |
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Syn nov |
Valid |
Knowlton |
A bristle cone pine species |
Angiosperms[edit]
Basal eudicots[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Syns nov |
Valid |
A barberry species |
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Comb et syn nov |
valid |
(Knowlton) Schorn & Wolfe |
synonymy
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An Mahonia species |
Superroids[edit]
Malpighiales[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Comb et syn nov |
valid |
(Knowlton) Schorn & Wolfe |
synonymy
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First identified as a possible Alder species |
Paleomycology[edit]
newly named fungi[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Singer |
first mushroom genus described from the fossil record |
Arthropods[edit]
newly named insects[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen nov |
valid |
Pagliano & Scaramozzino |
A replacement name for "Protamblyopone" Dlussky 1981. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Séméria & Nel |
A green lacewing. |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
(Wheeler) |
A pseudomyrmecine ant. |
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Vertebrates[edit]
Conodonts[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen nov |
Valid |
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Newly named Actinopterygii ("Ray-finned Fish")[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bannikov |
Eocene |
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Pseudosuchians[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Willis, Murray & Megirian |
Miocene |
Bullock Creek |
A mekosuchine crocodilian. Originally material from the Riversleigh WHA was also assigned to this species, but later research found these fossils to have belonged to a distinct taxon. |
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Dinosaurs[edit]
- All Anatosaurus species except A. copei were moved to the previously existing genus Edmontosaurus by Brett-Surman
- "Seismosaurus" gastroliths documented.[10]
Newly named dinosaurs[edit]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[11]
Newly named birds[edit]
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Agnopteridae Lambrecht, 1933. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Hemphillian, |
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An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Alcidae. |
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Not Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Hemphillian, |
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An Anatidae, placed in synonymy with Bonibernicla ponderosa Kurochkin, 1985 by Zelenkov, 2012.[27] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Otididae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Hemphillian, |
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A Corvidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Hemphillian, |
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An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Marine Beds |
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A Diomedeidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Hemphillian, |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Eocene |
Possibly an Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Aves Incertae Sedis, possibly a Procelariiformes or a Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828 by Storrs L. Olson & Pamela C. Rasmussen, 2001 [31] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Marine Beds |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Spain: Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, |
A Procellariidae, Mourer-Chauviré & Antunes, 2000 [34] emended the spelling to Puffinus holeae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Laridae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Ralliformes, Songziidae Hou, 1990, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Phalacrocoracidae, transferred to the genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819. |
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