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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 1961.

Plants

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acer palaeorufinerve^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Tanai & Onoe	Miocene - Pliocene	Ningyo-toge Formation	Japan	A maple, A member of the Macrantha section.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named phytosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Rileyasuchus^[3]	Nomen dubium.	Kuhn		Rhaetian	Magnesian Congolomerate	England	A dubious phytosaur; replacement name for Rileya von Huene 1902 (non Ashmead, 1888).

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Avalonianus^[3]	Nomen dubium	Kuhn		Late Triassic (Rhaetian)	Westbury Formation	England	Dubious non-dinosaurian archosaur; replacement name for Avalonia Seeley, 1898 (non Walcott, 1889).
"Dasygnathoides"^[3]	Junior synonym	Kuhn		Late Triassic (Carnian)	Lossiemouth Sandstone	Scotland	A junior synonym of Ornithosuchus. Replacement name for Dasygnathus Huxley, 1877 (non MacLeay, 1819).

Newly named dinosaurs

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

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
"Astrodonius"^[3]	Junior synonym.	Kuhn	Junior synonym of Astrodon.
Campylodoniscus^[3]	Nomen dubium.	Kuhn
"Pachysaurops"^[5]	Junior synonym	Friedrich von Huene	Junior objective synonym of Pachysauriscus.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anas pullulans ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	An Anatidae.
Eremochen russelli ^[6]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	An Anatidae, this is the typespecies of the genus.
Fulica infelix ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	A Rallidae.
Histrionicus shotwelli ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Miocene - Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	An Anatidae, originaly described as Ocyplonessa shotwelli Brodkorb, 1961, but placed in Histrionicuslli by Olson & Rasmussen, 2001 ^[7]
Megapaloelodus opsigonus ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae.
Neortyx peninsularis ^[8]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Holman	Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	An Odontophoridae.
Phalacrocorax leptopus ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Juntura Formatie	USA	A Phalacrocoracidae.
Puffinus mitchelli ^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Middle Miocene	Temblor Formation	USA	A Procellariidae.
Puffinus priscus ^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Middle Miocene	Temblor Formation	USA	A Procellariidae.

References

↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
↑ Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy. 22 (1): 1–246.
1 2 3 4 5 Kuhn, O. 1961. Die Familien der rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien. Meisenbach, Bamberg: 79 pages.
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
↑ Huene, F. von. 1961. Palaontologie und Phylogenie der Niederen Tetrapoden. Nachtrage und Erganzungen. Fischer, Jena: 58 pages.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Brodkorb, Pierce (1961). "Birds from the Pliocene of Juntura, Oregon". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 24 (3): 169–184.
↑ Olson, Storrs L.; Rasmussen, Pamela C. (2001). "Miocene and Pliocene Birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 90: 233–365.
↑ Holman, J. Alan (1961). "Osteology of Living and Fossil New World Quails". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Siences. 6 (2): 131–233.
1 2 Miller, Loye Holmes (1961). "Birds from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California". Condor. 63: 399–402.

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