1963 in paleontology

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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 1963.

Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Propelma^[2]	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Trjapitzin	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	A eupelmid wasp. Type species P. rohdendorfi

Vertebrates

Archosauromorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
"Triassolestes"^[3]	Gen et sp nov	preoccupied	Reig	Carnian			A Crocodylomorph, Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918. Renamed Trialestes.

Dinosauria

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Herrerasaurus^[3]	Valid taxon	Osvaldo Reig	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur.
"Ischisaurus"^[3]	Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus	Osvaldo Reig	Late Triassic (Carnian)			A herrerasaurid.
"Tanystrosuchus"^[5]	Nomen dubium.	Kuhn	Late Triassic (Norian)	Stubensandstein		Either a theropod or shuvosaurid.

Birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Agriocharis anza^[6]	Sp. nov.	synonym	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza
Anas itchtucknee^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	McCoy	Late Pleistocene			An Anatidae.
Aphanocrex podarces^[8]	Gen. nov et Sp. nov.	valid	Wetmore	Holocene	St. Helena	Saint Helena	A Rallidae.
Brantadorna downsi^[6]	Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae.
Bucephala fossilis^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae.
Calidris rayi^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene			A Scolopacidae.
Ceramornis major^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Cimolopteryx maxima^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Cimolopteryx rara^[10]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.
Dromiceius ocypus^[11]	Synonym	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Pliocene	Mampuwordu Sands	Australia	A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius.
Fulica hesterna^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	A Rallidae.
Gallinula brodkorbi^[12]	Sp. nov.	valid	McCoy	Late Pleistocene			A Rallidae.
Lonchodytes^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi
Lonchodytes pterygius^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	A Gaviiformes
Nanortyx^[13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan)	An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus
Neococcyx^[13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan)	A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei
Neophrontops vallecitoensis^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Accipitridae.
Nycticorax fidens^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene			An Ardeidae.
Oxyura bessomi^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pleistocene	Palm Spring Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae.
Palaeeudyptes marplesi^[14]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Eocene	Burnside Marl	New Zealand	A Spheniscidae.
Palaeostruthus eurius^[15]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Miocene			A Passerellidae.
Paractitis^[13]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan)	A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi
Phalacrocorax ibericum^[16]	Sp. nov.	valid?	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Phalacrocoracidae
Phoeniconotius^[17]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis
Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae^[17]	Sp. nov.	valid	Holmes Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae
Podiceps dixi^[18]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Middle Pleistocene			A Podicipedidae
Probalearica crataegensis^[19]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis
Propelargus olseni^[19]	Sp. nov.	synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni.
Puffinus micraulax^[19]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Sulidae.
Sula universitatis^[19]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA ( Florida)	A Sulidae.
Titanis^[20]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian		USA ( Florida)	A Phorusrhacidae. Type sp. T. walleri
Torotix clemensi^[21]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	Possibly a Pelecaniform, currently Aves Incertae Sedis.
Totanus teruelensis^[22]	Sp. nov.	synonym	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis

Popular culture

Literature

Savage Pellucidar, the last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.^[23]

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