1982 in paleontology

Plants Pteridophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesOsmunda wehriiSp novValidMiller jrMiddle MioceneRoza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact, Columbia River Basalt Group.A fern

Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlangium oregonensisSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationAn Alangium wood species Betula clarnoensisSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Betula wood species Cercidiphyllum alalongumSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Cercidiphyllum wood species FagaceoxylonGen et sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Fagaceae wood genus. Type species F. ostryopsoidesLiriodendroxylon multiporosumSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Magnoliaceae wood species Magnolia angulataSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Magnolia wood species Magnolia longiradiataSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Magnolia wood species Quercinium crystalliferaSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Fagaceae wood species Ulminium scalariformeSp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Lauraceae wood species Trochodendron beckiiComb novvalid(Hergert & Phinney) Scott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationA Trochodendron wood species. New comb of Trochodendroxylon beckii Hergert & Phinney 1954

Fish Ray-finned fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images"Amia" hesperiaSp novValidWilsonEarly EoceneAllenby FormationA bowfin

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images ArstanosaurusSuslov vide Suslov, Y.V. 1982. Dromaeosaurid unguals from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Kzyl-Orda region. Akad. Nauk Kazokhskoy S.S.R. Inst. Zool. Mat. istorii fauny flory Kazakhstana 8: pp. 5-16.gen et sp novNomen dubium.Suslov ShilinUpper CretaceousBostobinskaya FormationDandakosaurusYadagiri, P. 1982. Osteological studies of a carnosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation: Andhra Pradesh. Geological Survey of India (Progress Report for Field Season Programme 1981-1982), Regional Palaeontological Laboratories, Southern Region: 7 pages.gen et sp nov Nomen dubium.YadagiriEarly JurassicKota FormationGoyocephalePerle A., T. Maryanska, and H. Osmolska. 1982. Goyocephale lattimorei gen. et sp. n., a new flatheaded pachycephalosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontol. Polonica 27: pp. 115-127.gen et sp novValid Perle, Maryańska, & OsmólskaLate CretaceousUnnamed unit HuayangosaurusDong, Z., Z. Tang, and S. Zhou. 1982. Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20: pp. 83-87.gen et sp nov Valid taxonDong, Tang, & Zhou Middle JurassicLower Shaximiao FormationHulsanpesOsmolska, H. 1982. Hulsanpes perlei n.g. n. sp. (Deinonychosauria, Saurischia, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. N. Jb. Geol. Palaontol. Mh. 1982: pp. 440-448.gen et sp novValid taxonOsmólskaLate CretaceousBarun Goyot Formation PectinodonCarpenter, K. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming. 20 (2): pp. 123-134.gen et sp novValidCarpenterLate CretaceousLance FormationA troodontid. TawasaurusYoung, C.C. 1982. On a new genus of dinosaur from Lufeng, Yunnan. In: Selected works of Yang Zhung-jian. Science Press, Beijing: pp. 38-42.gen et sp novValid taxonYangEarly Jurassic "Vectensia"Delair, J.B. 1982. Notes on an armoured dinosaur from Barnes High, Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1980, Volume 7(5): pp. 297-302.gen et sp novNomen nudumDelairEarly CretaceousReferred to Polacanthus.

Birds

Some remarks on newly named birds

Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.

Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlectoris peii ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiEarly PleistoceneZhoukoudianA Phasianidae.Ambiortus dementjevi ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinEarly CretaceousNeocomian,

Unduruhinskaya FormatieAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982. Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus.Anhinga hadarensis ValidSp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb

Cécile Mourer-ChauviréLate Pliocene-Early PleistoceneHadar Formation,

± 3 My BPAn Anhingidae.Athene cretensis ValidSp. nov.Peter D. M. WeesieLate PleistoceneCrete,

MQ 2CA Strigidae.Bantamyx georgicus ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinLate MioceneKhirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Caspiodontornis kobystanicus ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Sevil M. Aslanova

Nikolay I. Burchak-AbramovichMiddle OligoceneMaykopian Formation:An Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Cepphus olsoni ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardLate MioceneSan Mateo Formation,

San Luis Rey River Local FaunaAn Alcidae.Ciconia lucida ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinMiddle PlioceneLarge Lakes BasinA Ciconiidae.Columba congi ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianA Columbidae.Crossoptilon jiai ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianA Phasianidae.Ephippiorhynchus pakistanensis ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. WalkerLate MioceneUpper Dokh Pathan Formation, Siwalik SeriesA Ciconiidae.Falco chowi ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianA Falconidae.Gavia egeriana ValidSp. nov.Petr ŠvecEarly MioceneMN 4bA Gaviidae.Lophura wayrei ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. WalkerLate MioceneUpper Nagri Formation, Chinji Formation, Siwalik SeriesA Phasianidae.Minggangia changgouensis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou LianhaiLate EoceneLinzhuangqunA Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus.Miobaptus walteri ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Petr ŠvecEarly MioceneMN 4bA Podicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genus Podiceps.Ornimegalonyx acevedoi ValidSp. nov.Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsA Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.Ornimegalonyx gigas ValidSp. nov.Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsA Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.Ornimegalonyx minor ValidSp. nov.Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsA Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.Palaeopsittacus georgei ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneLondon Clay

MP 8:Described as a Psittacidae, transferred by Mourer-Chauviré in 1992 to the Quercypsittidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mayr et Daniels 1998, Mayr 2009 thought it might be a Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus.Paludiavis richae ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. WalkerLate MioceneSiwalik SeriesA possible Balaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Parvulivenator watteli ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneLondon Clay

MP 8:Described as a Falconidae, but Mlíkovský 2002 placed it in Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Physornis brasiliensis ValidSp. nov.Herculano M. F. de AlvarengaLate Oligocene or Early MioceneUpper Deseadean, Tremembé FormationA Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genus Paraphysornis.Pleotis liui ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianAn Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus.Porphyrio parvus ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. WalkerLate MioceneUpper Nagri Formatie, Siwalik SeriesA Rallidae.Tachornis uranoceles ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. OlsonPleistoceneCave depositsAn Apodidae.Uria paleohesperis ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardLate MioceneSan Mateo Formation

San Luis Rey River Local FaunaAn Alcidae.Urmiornis cracrafti ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. WalkerLate MioceneNear KadirpurA Gruiformes, Ergilornithidae Kozlova, 1960. According to Karhu, 1997 not an Ergilornithidae. Olson, 1985 and Kurochkin, 1985 place the species in the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Bathyspondylus gen et sp novValidDelairKimmeridgian

Pterosaurs

New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Huanhepterus gen et sp nov ValidDongLate JurassicHuachihuanhe Formation

Pseudosuchia General pseudosuchian research Ralph Molnar publishes a revision of the genus Pallimnarchus, comparing it to various Australasian crocodilians and diagnosing it based on proportional differences. New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDianchungosaurusYoung, C.-C. 1982. On a primitive crocodile from Lufeng, Yunnna. Selected Works on Yang, Zhungijang: pp. 26-28.gen et sp novvalidYang Z. J.SinemurianLufeng Formation First described as a dinosaur TrialestesBonaparte, J.F. 1982. Classification of the Thecodontia. Geobios Mem. Spec. 6: pp. 99-112.gen et sp novValidBonaparteLate TriassicIschigualasto FormationSphenosuchian

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