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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 1989.

Paleozoology

Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aphaenogaster avita[2]	Sp nov	Valid	Fujiyama	early - middle Miocene	Chojabaru Formation	Japan	A myrmicin ant
Holcorpidae[3]	Fam nov	valid	Willmann	Priabonian	Florissant Formation	USA	A scorpionfly family, type sp. H. maculosa

Conodont paleozoology

German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Mesogondolella.

Vertebrate paleozoology

Plesiosaurs

• Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.^[4]

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Turneria	Preoccupied	Chatterjee Small		preoccupied by the ant genus Turneria Forel, 1895; renamed Morturneria Chatterjee and Creisler, 1994

Archosauromorphs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Revueltosaurus[5]	Valid non-dinosaurian taxon	Hunt		Late Triassic (early-middle Norian)	Bull Canyon Formation Petrified Forest Member	United States	A suchian.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[6]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Abrosaurus[7]	Valid taxon	Ouyang		Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian)	Xiashaximiao Formation	China	A macronarian.	"Daptosaurus" was found to be synonymous with Deinonychus. "Eucentrosaurus" was found to be synonymous with Centrosaurus. Leaellynasaura
Asiaceratops[8]	Valid taxon	Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide: Lev A. Nesov Kaznyshkina	Cherepanov	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Khodzhakul Formation	Uzbekistan	A leptoceratopsid.
Atlascopcosaurus[9]	Valid taxon	Thomas H. Rich	Patricia Vickers-Rich	Early Cretaceous (early Albian)	Eumeralla Formation	Australia	A ornithopod.
Bihariosaurus[10]	Valid taxon	Marinescu		Early Cretaceous (Berriasian)	Bauxite deposits	Romania	An iguanodont
"Daptosaurus"[11]	Junior synonym of Deinonychus	Brown vide: Chure	McIntosh
"Eucentrosaurus"[12]	Junior synonym of Centrosaurus	Chure	McIntosh
Leaellynasaura[9]	Valid taxon	Thomas H. Rich	Patricia Vickers-Rich	Early Cretaceous (early Albian)	Eumeralla Formation	Australia	A ornithopod.
"Tenantosaurus"[12]	Misspelling of Tenontosaurus	Brown vide: Chure	McIntosh
Turanoceratops	Valid taxon	Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide: Lev A. Nesov Kaznyshkina	Cherepanov	Late Cretaceous (Turonian)	Bissekty Formation	Uzbekistan	A ceratopsid.

Newly named birds

Name	Status	Novelty	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Accipiter efficax [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia	An Accipitridae.
Accipiter quartus [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia	An Accipitridae.
Apatosagittarius terrenus [14]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Alan Feduccia Michael R. Voorhies	Miocene	Late Clarendonian, Ash Hollow Formation	USA:  Nebraska	An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Aplonis diluvialis [15]	Valid	Sp. nov.	David W. Steadman	Holocene	Huahine, Society Islands	French Polynesia	A Sturnidae.
Caloenas canacorum [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia;  Tonga; and probably  Vanuatu;  Fiji	A Columbidae.
Eociconia sangequanensis [16]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Hou LianHai	Middle Eocene	Yi-Xi-Bay-La Formation	China	A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Euronyctibius kurochkini [17]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré	Eocene or Oligocene	Phosphorites du Quercy, MP 16-28	France	A Nyctibiidae, transferred to the Steatornithidae by Mourer-Chauviré, 2013,[18] this is the type species of the new genus.
Gallicolumba longitarsus [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia	A Columbidae.
Megapodius alimentum [19]	Valid	Sp. nov.	David W. Steadman	Holocene	Lifuka	Tonga	A Megapodiidae.
Megapodius molistructor [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits, 1750 ± 70 YBP (Years Before Present)	New Caledonia	A Megapodiidae.
Noguerornis gonzalezi [20]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	A. Lacasa Ruiz	Early Cretaceous	Late Berriasian-Early Valanginian	Spain:  Catalonia	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus.
Porphyrio kukwiedei [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia	A Rallidae.
Puffinus nestori [21]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Josep A. Alcover	Late Pliocene	Cave deposits	Spain:  Ibiza	A Procellariidae.
Quercypodargus olsoni [17]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré	Eocene or Oligocene	Phosphorites du Quercy, MP 16-28	France	A Podargidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Rhynochetos orarius [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia	A Rhynochetidae.
Rostratula minator [22]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Storrs L. Olson Kimberley G. Eller	Pliocene	Varswater Formation	South Africa	A Rostratulidae.
Sazavis prisca [23]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Lev A. Nessov A.A. Yarkov	Late Cretaceous	Coniacian, Bissekty Formation	USSR:  Uzbekistan	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.
Tyto letocarti [13]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jean C. Balouet Storrs L. Olson	Holocene	Cave deposits	New Caledonia	A Tytonidae.
Volgavis marina [23]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Lev A. Nessov A. A. Yarkov	Late Cretaceous	Latest Maastrichtian	USSR:  Russia	A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977, this is the type species of the new genus.
Youngornis qiluensis [24]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Xiangkui Yeh Bo Sun	Middle Miocene	Shanwang Formation	China	A Rallidae.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes Bogolubovia Valid Nesov A. A. Yarkov Mesadactylus Valid Jensen Padian Tapejara Valid Kellner

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
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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. Fujiyama, I. (1970). "Fossil insects from the Chojabaru Formation, Iki Island, Japan". Memoires of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo. 3: 65–74.
3. Archibald, SB (2010). "Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 46 (1-2): 173–182. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654.
4. Chatterjee and Small (1989). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
5. Hunt, A.P. 1989. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic) of East Central New Mexico. In: The dawn of the age of dinosaurs in the American Southwest (S.G. Lucas and A.P. Hunt, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque: pp. 355-358.
6. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
7. Ouyang, H. 1989. A new sauropod from Dashanopu, Zigong, Co., Sichuan Province (Abrosaurus dongpoensis gen. et sp. nov.). Zigong Dinosaur Museum Newsletter 2: pp. 10-14.
8. Nesov, L.A. 1989. Ceratopsian dinosaurs and crocodiles of the middle Mesozoic of Asia. In: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Modern Paleontology (T.N. Bogdanova and L.I. Kozhatsky, eds.)
9. Rich, T.H.V. and P. Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. Natl. Geogr. Res. 5: pp. 15-53.
10. Marinescu, F. 1989. Lentila de bauxcifti 204 de la Brusturi Cornet (Jud. Bior.), zefimint fosilifer cu dinozauri. Ocrot. Nat. Mediul. Inconjur. 33: 125- 133.
11. Brown vide Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1. Museum of Western Colorado.
12. Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1 Museum of Western Colorado.
13. Jean C. Balouet & Storrs L. Olson (1989). "Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 469 (1): 1–38.
14. Alan Feduccia & Michael R. Voorhies (1989). "A Miocene Hawk Converges on Secretarybird". Ibis. 131 (3): 349–354. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1989.tb02784.x.
15. David W. Steadman (1989). "A New Species of Starling (Sturnidae, Aplonis) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands" (PDF). Notornis. 36 (3): 161–169.
16. Hou LianHai (1989). "A Middle Eocene Bird from Sangequan, Xinjiang" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 27 (1): 65–70.
17. Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1989). "Les Caprimulgiformes et les Coraciiformes de l'Éocène et de l'Oligocène des Phosphorites du Quercy et Descriptions de Deux Genres Nouveaux de Podargidae et Nyctibiidae". Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Ornithological Congress. 19: 2047–2055.
18. Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2013). "New Data Concerning the Familial Position of the Genus Euronyctibius (Aves, Caprimulgiformes) from the Paleogene of the Phosphorites du Quercy, France". Paleontological Journal. 47 (11): 1315–1322. doi:10.1134/s0031030113110117.
19. David W. Steadman (1989). "New Species and Records of Birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an Archeological Site on Lifuka, Tonga" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 102 (3): 537–552.
20. A. Lacasa Ruiz (1989). "Nuevo Género de Ave Fósil del Yacimiento Neocomiense del Montsec (Provincia de Lerida, España)". Estudios Geológicos. 45 (5-6): 417–425. doi:10.3989/egeol.89455-6513.
21. Josep A. Alcover (1989). "Les Aus Fòssils de la Cova de Ca Na Reia". Endins. 14-15: 95–100.
22. Storrs L. Olson & Kimberley G. Eller (1989). "A New Species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes: Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, Southwestern Cape Province, South Africa" (PDF). Ostrich. 60: 118–121. doi:10.1080/00306525.1989.9633737.
23. Lev A. Nessov & A.A. Yarkov (1989). "[New Cretaceous-Paleogene Birds of the USSR and Some Remarks on the Origin and Evolution of the Class Aves]". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 197 (1): 78–97.
24. Xiangkui Yeh & Bo Sun (1989). "Fossil Rail and Crow from Linqu, Shandong". Anais da Academia Brasileira Ciências. 62 (1): 335–345.

• Chatterjee, Sankar and Small, Bryan J.; 1989; New plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica; 47 pp. 197–215 in Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota, Geological Society Special Pub., edited by Crame, J.A.
• Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.