1965 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 1965.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[2]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Tatisaurus^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid taxon	Simmons	Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)	Lower Lufeng Formation	China	A basal thyreophoran.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Bubo binagadensis ^[4]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Burchak-Abramovich	Middle Pleistocene	Binagade	Azerbaijan	A Strigidae
Fulica podagrica ^[5]	Sp. nov.	nomen dubium	Brodkorb	Late Pleistocene		Barbados	A Rallidae, possibly a Chimera^[6]
Neochen barbadiana ^[5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Brodkorb	Late Pleistocene		Barbados	An Anatidae.
Phalacrocorax goletensis ^[7]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Pliocene	Goleta Formation	Mexico	A Phalacrocoracidae.
Protostrix californiensis ^[8]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Howard	Late Eocene	Poway Formation	USA	A Protostrigidae, transferred to the genus Minerva.^[9]

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Chinchenia	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Young	upper Middle Triassic		China	A basal pistosauroidean

References

^ 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.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Simmons, D.J. 1965. The non-therapsid reptiles. Fieldiana: Geology 15 (1): pp. 1-92.
^ Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1965). "Une Nouvelle Espèce de Grand-Duc Fossile de Binagade" (PDF). Ornithologiya. 7: 452–454.
^ ^a ^b Brodkorb, P (1965). "Fossil Birds from Barbados, West Indies". Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. 31 (1): 3–10.
^ Storrs Olson: A synopsis on the fossil Rallidae In: Sidney Dillon Ripley: Rails of the World - A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Codline. Boston, 1977. ISBN 0-87474-804-6
^ Howard, H (1965). "A New Species of Cormorant from the Pliocene of Mexico" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 64: 50–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
^ Hildegarde, H (1965). "First Record of Avian Fossils from the Eocene of California" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 39 (3): 350–354.
^ Mourer-Chauviré, C (1983). "Minerva antiquus (Aves: Strigiformes), an Owl Mistaken for an Edentate Mammal" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2773): 1–11.

[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.

[ddinogeorge-2] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[3] Simmons, D.J. 1965. The non-therapsid reptiles. Fieldiana: Geology 15 (1): pp. 1-92.

[Burchak-Abramovich1965-4] Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1965). "Une Nouvelle Espèce de Grand-Duc Fossile de Binagade" (PDF). Ornithologiya. 7: 452–454.

[Brodkorb1965-5] Brodkorb, P (1965). "Fossil Birds from Barbados, West Indies". Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. 31 (1): 3–10.

[OlsonB-6] Storrs Olson: A synopsis on the fossil Rallidae In: Sidney Dillon Ripley: Rails of the World - A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Codline. Boston, 1977. ISBN 0-87474-804-6

[Howard1965a-7] Howard, H (1965). "A New Species of Cormorant from the Pliocene of Mexico" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 64: 50–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-05.

[Howard1965b-8] Hildegarde, H (1965). "First Record of Avian Fossils from the Eocene of California" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 39 (3): 350–354.

[Minerva-9] Mourer-Chauviré, C (1983). "Minerva antiquus (Aves: Strigiformes), an Owl Mistaken for an Edentate Mammal" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2773): 1–11.

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