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 1993.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Araucarioxylon hoodii[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
(Tidwell & Medlyn) Gee et al |
An araucariaceous petrified wood. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Lixus (Eulixus) balazuci[4] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Voisin & Nel |
A Curculionid weevil |
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Mesoepiophlebia veronicae[5] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Henrotay |
A sphenophlebiid dragonfly. Type species M. veronicae |
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Miofibla[6] |
Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Nel |
Late Miocene |
An inocellid snakefly, |
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Ohmella coffini[6] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Nel |
Montagne d'Andance |
A snakefly |
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Paraplagiophlebia[5] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Henrotay |
A Myopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. marcusi |
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Paraoligolestes[7] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Escuillé |
A Sieblosiid damselfly, type species P. miocenicus |
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Paraplagiophlebia[5] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nel & Henrotay |
A Myopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. loneuxi |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (mid Norian) |
A shuvosaurid. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Anasazisaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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Argentinosaurus[11] | Valid taxon | A sauropod of 75 to 100 tons and 35 meters in length. | ||||
"Elvisaurus" | nomen nudum later named Cryolophosaurus |
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Eoraptor[12] | Valid taxon |
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A primitive saurischian. | |||
Iuticosaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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Klamelisaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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Malawisaurus[15] | Valid taxon |
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A Sauropod dinosaur from Malawi. | ||
"Mononychus"[16] | Preoccupied name, later respelled Mononykus |
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Mononykus | Valid taxon |
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A small Mongolian alvaresaur. | ||
Naashoibitosaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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Pararhabdodon[17] | Valid taxon |
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A Spanish Tsintaosaurin Hadrosaur. | ||
Tianchisaurus[18] | Valid taxon | |||||
Tsagantegia[19] | Valid taxon |
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Utahraptor[20] | Valid taxon |
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A bear-size Dromaeosaur. |
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid ? |
Sp. nov. |
Late Jura |
Solnhofer Plattenkalk |
An Archaopterygidae, the 7th Archaeopteryx specimen (Solnhofer Aktien-Verein specimen). Often seen as synonymous with Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Hou Lianhai Zhang Jiangyong |
An Ornithurae, Chaoyangiiformes Hou, 1997, Chaoyangiidae Hou, 1997.[23] |
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Corvus fangshannus[24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou Lianhai |
Cave deposits |
A Corvidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Damià Jaume Miguel McMinn Josep A. Alcover |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Florent Ravoavy |
Cave deposits |
A Cuculidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov Andrei V. Panteleyev |
An Enantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Incolornis Panteleyev, 1998 by Panteleyev, 1998[28] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov Andrei V. Panteleyev |
An Enantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Explorornis Panteleyev, 1998 by Panteleyev[28] |
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Gallus moldovicus[29] |
1993, In press. |
Sp. nov. |
Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich I. M. Ganea K. I. Shushpanov |
Late Pliocene |
Tchichmiknoia |
Phasianidae, I have not seen the paper, but it is mentioned in the Sape Newsletter, 1993[30] and in Mlíkovský, 2002. . |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov A. A. Yarkov |
Late Campanian |
A Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Murunkus subitus[33] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Andrei V. Panteleyev Lev A. Nessov |
Middle Eocene |
Central Kizylkum Desert |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Walter E. Boles |
Middle-Late Miocene |
An Orthonychidae. |
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Orthonyx wakefieldi[35] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert F. Baird |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
An Orthonychidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Walter E. Boles |
Sticky Beak Local Fauna |
An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nomen Nudum |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lin ? |
A possible Confuciusornithidae, the famous "Archaopteryx of Korea", there is not a valid description of this specimen, so the name is a Nomen Nudum. |
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Pycnoptilus fordi[35] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert F. Baird |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
An Acanthizidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985,[38] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Tyto jinniushanensis[39] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou LianHai |
Cave deposits |
A Tytonidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Bakker |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
A plesiosaurid. |