1962 in paleontology

Paleozoology Conodont paleozoology German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923–2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images HistiodellaNew conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962 Valid taxonRW HarrisMiddle OrdovicianArbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA ()

Vertebrates

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

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Heterodontosaurus Valid taxon Alfred W. Crompton Alan CharigEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Upper Elliot Formation A heterodontosaurid.

Birds Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnas ogallalae Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneOgallala Formation ()An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962.Corvus betfianus Sp. nov.valid Kretzoi Early PleistoceneBetfia 5 A Corvidae.Diomedea californica Sp. nov.valid Miller Middle MioceneTemblor Formation ()A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853.Passer predomesticus Sp. nov.valid Tchernov Middle PleistoceneAcheulian A Passeridae.Pelargosteon tothi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Kretzoi Early PleistoceneBetfia 5 An Aves Incertae Sedis, described in the Ciconiidae.Perdix jurcsaki Sp. nov.valid Kretzoi Early PleistoceneBetfia 5 A Phasiandae.Tetrao partium Sp. nov.valid Kretzoi Early PleistoceneBetfia 5 A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962.Turdicus tenuis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Kretzoi Early PleistoceneBetfia 5 A Turdidae.

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