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.
Parastylotermes calico[2]
Sp. nov
valid
Pierce
Miocene
USA
A Stylotermitid termite.
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Chingkankousaurus
Gen et sp nov
Nomen dubium
Yang (as Young C. C.)
Late Campanian
Jingangkou Formation
China
A tyrannosauroid.
Tsintaosaurus[4]
Valid taxon
A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.
Anas apscheronica [5]
Sp. nov.
Burchak-Abramovisch
Late Pliocene
Apscherion
Azerbaijan
An Anatidae.
Bartramia umatilla [6]
Brodkorb
Middle Pliocene
Oregon
A Scolopacidae.
Callipepla shotwelli [6]
An Odontophoridae.
Cygnus hibbardi [7]
Early Pleistocene
Irvingtonian, Hagerman Lake Beds
Idaho
Morus humeralis [8]
Miller
Bowman
California
A Sulidae.
Ornimegalonyx [9]
Gen. et Sp. nov.
Arredondo
Late Pleistocene
Cuba
A Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi.
Pardirallus lacustris [7]
(Brodkorb)
Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene
Hagerman and Rexroad Local Fauna
A Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856.
Phalacrocorax macer [7]
Irvingtonian, Glenns Ferry Formation, Hagerman Lake Beds
A Phalacrocoracidae.
Podiceps subparvus [8]
(Miller
Bowman)
Blancan, San Diego Formation
A Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus.
Promilio epileus [10]
Wetmore
Early Miocene
Thomas Farm Beds
Florida
An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.
Promilio brodkorbi [10]
Ptychoramphus tenuis [8]
An Alcidae.
Querandiornis [11]
Rusconi
Ensenada Formation
Argentina
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
Sula pohli [12]
Howard
Late Miocene
Troglodytes gracilis [13]
valid?
Brunner
Germany
A Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis.
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