1966 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 1966.

Arthropods

Newly named Insecta

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Sphecomyrminae[2]	Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wilson & Carpenter	Turonian	New Jersey Amber	USA	Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma

Conodonts

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Declinognathodus[3]	Gen. nov	Valid	David L. Dunn	Pennsylvanian		USA

Anapsids

Newly named mesosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Brazilosaurus[4]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Shikama & Ozaki	Artinskian	Irati Formation	Brazil	A mesosaur.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Probactrosaurus[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Rozhdestvensky	early Cretaceous	Dashuigou Formation	China		Probactrosaurus

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arikarornis macdonaldi [7]	Gen et sp nov.	valid	Howard	Early Miocene	Middle Sharps Formation	USA	An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi
Miortyx aldeni [7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Early Miocene	Middle Sharps Formation	USA	An Odontophoridae.
Diomedea milleri [8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Miocene	Temblor Formation	USA	A Diomedeid.
Dissourodes milleri [9]	Gen et sp. nov.	jr synonym	Short	Early Pliocene	Valentine Formation	USA	A Ciconiidae, jr synonym of Mycteria milleri
Pelecanus tirarensis [10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Pelecanidae.
Praemancalla [11]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Late Miocene	Laguna Hills Formation	USA	An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis
Speotyto megalopeza [12]	Sp. nov.	Jr synonym	Ford	Late Pliocene	Rexroad Formation	USA	jr synonym of Athene megalopeza
Wasonaka [13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pliocene	Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas	Mexico	An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae

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. Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L. (1966). "The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche. 74 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1155/1967/89604. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
3. New Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 (Stable URL)
4. T. Shikama and H. Ozaki (1966). "On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil". Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series. 64: 351–358.
5. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
6. Rozhdestvensky, A. K. (1966). "Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1966 (3): 103–116.
7. Howard, H (1966). "Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 107: 1–8.
8. Howard, H (1966). "Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 114: 1–11.
9. Short, LL (1966). "A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska" (PDF). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 149: 1–12.
10. Miller, AH (1966). "The Fossil Pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 14: 181–190.
11. Hildegarde Howard (1966). "A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County , California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 101: 2–8.
12. Ford, NL (1966). "Fossil Owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Condor. 68: 472–475. doi:10.2307/1365319.
13. Howard, H (1966). "Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 94: 1–12.