1963 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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.

Vertebrates

Archosauromorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
"Triassolestes"[2]	Gen et sp nov	preoccupied	Reig	Carnian	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A Crocodylomorph, Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918. Renamed Trialestes.

Dinosauria

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[3]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Herrerasaurus[2]	Valid taxon	Osvaldo Reig		Late Triassic (Carnian)	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid.	Herrerasaurus Saltasaurus
"Ischisaurus"[2]	Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus	Osvaldo Reig		Late Triassic (Carnian)	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid.
"Tanystrosuchus"[4]	Nomen dubium.	Kuhn		Late Triassic (Norian)	Stubensandstein	Germany	Either a theropod or shuvosaurid.

Birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Agriocharis anza [5]	Sp. nov.	synonym	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA	A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza
Anas itchtucknee [6]	Sp. nov.	valid	McCoy	Late Pleistocene	Itchtucknee River	USA	An Anatidae.
Aphanocrex podarces [7]	Gen. nov et Sp. nov.	valid	Wetmore	Holocene	St. Helena	Saint Helena	A Rallidae.
Brantadorna downsi [5]	Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA	An Anatidae.
Bucephala fossilis [5]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA	An Anatidae.
Calidris rayi [8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Alachua Clay	USA	A Scolopacidae.
Ceramornis major [9]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Cimolopteryx maxima [9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Cimolopteryx rara [9]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Dromiceius ocypus [10]	Synonym	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Pliocene	Mampuwordu Sands	Australia	A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius.
Fulica hesterna [5]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA	A Rallidae.
Gallinula brodkorbi [11]	Sp. nov.	valid	McCoy	Late Pleistocene	Itchucknee River beds	USA	A Rallidae.
Lonchodytes [9]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA	A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi
Lonchodytes pterygius [9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA	A Gaviiformes
Nanortyx [12]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada	An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus
Neococcyx [12]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada	A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei
Neophrontops vallecitoensis [5]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA	An Accipitridae.
Nycticorax fidens [8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Alachua Clay	USA	An Ardeidae.
Oxyura bessomi [5]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA	An Anatidae.
Palaeeudyptes marplesi [13]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Eocene	Burnside Marl	New Zealand	A Spheniscidae.
Palaeostruthus eurius [14]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Mioce4ne	Alachua Clay	USA	An Passerellidae.
Paractitis [12]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada	A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi
Phalacrocorax ibericum [15]	Sp. nov.	valid?	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Phalacrocoracidae
Phoeniconotius [16]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis
Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae [16]	Sp. nov.	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae
Podiceps dixi [17]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Middle Pleistocene	Reddick Beds	USA	A Podicipedidae
Probalearica crataegensis [18]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis
Propelargus olseni [18]	Sp. nov.	synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni.
Puffinus micraulax [18]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Sulidae.
Sula universitatis [18]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Sulidae.
Titanis [19]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian		USA	A Phorusrhacidae. Type sp. T. walleri
Torotix clemensi [20]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation	USA	Possibly a Pelecaniform, currently Aves Incertae Sedis.
Totanus teruelensis [21]	Sp. nov.	synonym	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis

Popular culture

Literature

• The last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.^[22]

References

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.
2. 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.
3. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
4. Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
5. Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33.
6. McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80: 335–351.
7. Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381.
8. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.
9. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
10. Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.
11. McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80: 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892.
12. Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.
13. Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.
14. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.
15. 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.
16. Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65: 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355.
17. Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55.
18. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.
19. Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556.
20. Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
21. 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.
22. 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.