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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 1958.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Pierce |
A Stylotermitid termite. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Yang (as Young C. C.) |
Late Campanian |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Yang (as Young C. C.) |
Late Campanian |
Jingangkou Formation |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Odontophoridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Blancan, San Diego Formation |
A Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Alcidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptinae, The type species is Querandiornis romani, described in the Tinamiidae, transferred by Tonni & Tambussi, 1986 to Aves Incertae Sedis, transferred by Agnolin, 2016 to Dendrocolaptinae |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Sulidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid? |
A Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Basicranodon | Junior synonym | Vaughn | Early Permian | US | A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus. | ||
Diarthrognathus | Valid | Crompton | Early Jurassic | Elliot Formation | South Africa | A member of Trithelodontidae. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Charnia | Valid | Ford | Ediacaran | Maplewell Group | United Kingdom | ||
Charniodiscus | Valid | Ford | Ediacaran | Maplewell Group | United Kingdom | ||
Spriggina | Valid | Glaessner | Ediacaran | Australia |