1968 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or [palæontology (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 mankind has 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 1968.

Arthropoda

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eriocampa tulameenensis[2]	sp nov	Valid	Rice	Early Eocene	Allenby Formation	Canada	A Tenthredinidae sawfly
Pseudosiobla campbelli[2]	sp nov	Valid	Rice	Early Eocene	Horsefly beds	Canada	A Tenthredinidae sawfly

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

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

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aralosaurus[4]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Rozhdestvensky	Late Cretaceous	Bostobe Svita	Kazakhstan

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aethia rossmoori [5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA	An Alcidae.
Alauda jordanica [6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	An Alaudidae.
Alcodes [5]	Gen et sp nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene?		USA	An Alcidae, type species A. ulnulus
Bathornis fricki [7]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Early Miocene		USA	A Bathornithid
Buteo circoides [8]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	An Accipitridae.
Coturnicops avita [9]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Feduccia	Late Pliocene	Glenns Ferry Formation	USA	A Rallidae.
Cygnavus formosus [10]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Late Eocene	Zaysan Bassin	Kazakhstan	An Anatidae.
"Cygnopterus" lambrechti[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Kustovskaya	Kazakhstan	Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis
Fulica stekelesi [6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	A Rallidae.
Fulmarus hammeri [5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA	A Procellariidae.
Gobihierax [8]	Gen et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax
Guguschia nailiae [11]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich	Middle Oligocene	Maykopian Clay	Azerbaijan	A Swan, Anatidae.
Laterallus insignis [9]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Feduccia	Late Pliocene		USA	A Rallidae.
Limicorallus [10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene-Miocene	Myn-Say Gorge	Kazakhstan	A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.
Megaegotheles [12]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Jr synonym	Scarlett	Pleistocene-modern		New Zealand	An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, jr syn of Aegotheles. [13]
Megagallinula [10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Kur-Say Gorge	Kazakhstan	A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea
Melanocorypha gracilis [6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	An Alaudidae.
Palaeorallus alienus [8]	Sp. nov.	nomen dubium	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	A possible Rallidae,
Paracrax gigantea[14]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Late Oligocene	Brule Formation	USA	A Bathornithidae
Paracrax wetmorei [14]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Late Oligocene	Brule Formation	USA	A Bathornithidae
Petronia brevirostris [6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	A Passeridae.
Puffinus calhouni [5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA:  California	A Procellariidae.
Tutor dementievi [8]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ceraunosaurus	gen et sp nov	jr synonym	Thurmond	Late Cretaceous		USA	junior synonym of Trinacromerum

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. Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada 67 (59): 1–21.
3. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
4. Rozhdestvensky. A.K. 1968. Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. In: Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Amphibians and Reptiles (Tatarinov, L.P., et al., eds.). Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. Moscow: pp. 97- 141.
5. Howard, H (1968). "Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 142: 1–21.
6. Tchernov, E (1968). "A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia". Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities 1968: 1–44.
7. Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates 2326: 1–46.
8. Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya 9: 323–330.
9. Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk 85 (July): 441–453.
10. Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 2: 83–90.
11. Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk 85 (July): 441–453.
12. Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis 15: 254–266.
13. Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher (1987). "The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae". De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut 77: 341–352.
14. Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates 2326: 1–46.