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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 1964.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
Syn |
( Cockerell) |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Soot-Reyn |
New genus and species with five other species moved from other genera |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Chilantaisaurus [5] | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous ( Turonian) |
A member of Neovenatoridae. |
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Eustreptospondylus [6] | Valid taxon |
Middle Jurassic ( Callovian) |
A megalosaurid. |
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Fabrosaurus [7] | Nomen dubium. |
Early Jurassic ( Sinemurian- Pliensbachian) |
A dubious ornithischian. |
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Metriacanthosaurus [6] | Valid taxon |
Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian) |
A member of Metriacanthosauridae. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Meleagridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Howard |
Late Pleistocene |
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A Strigidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Brodkorb |
An Anatidae, transferred to Anas greeni. |
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Gen et Sp. nov. |
jr synonym? |
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A
Pseudodontornithidae, type species T. wetmorei, |
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