1998 in paleontology
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 1998.
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Flora
Lycophyte research
- Wehr (1998) reports, without description, Selaginella species spikemoss fossils occurring in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation.[2]
Fungi
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Currah, Stockey, & LePage |
A hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus of uncertain family affinity. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Currah, Stockey, & LePage |
A parasitic phyllachoralean fungus of uncertain family affinity. |
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Fungal research
- Currah, Stockey, & LePage (1998) describe the a phyllachoralean "tar spot" parasitizing Uhlia palm leaves, and host for a hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus. They note them to be one of the first occurrences of hyperparasitic relationships in the fossil record.[3]
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
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Aquarius lunpolaensis[5] |
Comb nov. |
valid |
(Lin) Andersen |
Lunpola Basin |
A water strider |
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Carabus neli[6] |
Sp nov. |
valid |
Deuve |
Montagne d'Andance |
A ground beetle |
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Cylindromyrmex antillanus[7] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
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Daniavelia[5] |
Gen et sp nov. |
valid |
Andersen |
MØclay |
A macroveliid water strider |
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Electrovelia[5] |
Gen et sp nov. |
valid |
Andersen |
A riffle bug |
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Eocenometra longicomis[5] |
Sp nov. |
valid |
Andersen |
MØclay |
A marsh treader |
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Ledouxnebria[6] |
Gen et sp nov. |
valid |
Deuve |
Montagne d'Andance |
A ground beetle |
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Limnoporus wilsoni[5] |
Sp nov. |
valid |
Andersen |
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Palaeogerris[5] |
Gen et 3 sp nov. |
valid |
Andersen |
MØ clay |
A water strider |
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Palaeometra[5] |
Gen et sp nov. |
valid |
Andersen |
A limnobatodine water strider |
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Telmatrechus defunctus[5] |
Comb nov. |
valid |
(Handlirsch) Andersen |
A water strider |
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Molluscs
Bivalves
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Geyer & Streng |
Early Cambrian Fordillidae bivalve |
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Amphibians
newly named anurans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Henrici |
A possible Rhinophrynidae frog |
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Archosauromorpha
Dinosaurs
- A paper in the journal Nature is published by Karen Chin and others announcing the earlier discovery of a "king-sized coprolite" attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Lourinhasaurus gastroliths documented.[10]
- Cedarosaurus gastroliths documented.[11]
- Caudipteryx gastroliths documented.[12]
- Volunteers from the Denver Museum of Natural History discovered Tony's Bone Bed in the Cedar Mountain Formation's Poison Strip Member.[13]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[14]
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Altirhinus[15] | Valid taxon |
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''Augustia'' |
Preoccupied |
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Camposaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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Caseosaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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Caudipteryx[17] | Valid taxon |
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Cristatusaurus[18] | Valid taxon | |||||
Eobrontosaurus[19] | Valid taxon. Now Synonym of Brontosaurus | |||||
Eolambia[20] | Valid taxon | |||||
Gargoyleosaurus[21] | Valid taxon |
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Gastonia[22] | Valid taxon | |||||
Gongxianosaurus[23] | Valid taxon |
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Histriasaurus[24] | Valid taxon |
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Lourinhanosaurus[25] | Valid taxon |
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Lourinhasaurus[26] | Valid taxon |
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Megaraptor[27] | Valid taxon |
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Nedcolbertia[28] | Valid taxon |
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Notohypsilophodon[29] | Valid taxon |
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Ozraptor[30] | Valid taxon |
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Protohadros[31] | Valid taxon |
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''Rahona''[32] | Preoccupied |
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Rahonavis[33] | Valid taxon |
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Scipionyx[34] | Valid taxon |
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Shanxia[35] | Valid taxon |
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Shuvuuia[36] | Valid taxon |
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Sonorasaurus[37] | Valid taxon |
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Suchomimus | Valid taxon | An African spinosaurs | Sereno et al. 1998 | |||
Tianzhenosaurus[38] | Valid taxon |
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Variraptor[39] | Valid taxon |
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Zuniceratops[40] | Valid taxon |
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Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Abavornis bonapartei [41] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Andrei V. Panteleyev |
An Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Actitis balcanica [42] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
A Scolopacidae?, the holotypical tarsometatarsus looks more like a Charadriidae. |
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Aizenogyps toomeyae [43] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
Late Blancan |
USA: |
A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Anhinga beckeri [43] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Steven D. Emslie |
Early Pliocene |
Late-Early Irvingtonian |
USA: |
An Anhingidae. |
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Basityto rummeli [44] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jiří Mlíkovský |
Early Miocene |
MN 2-3 |
A Gruidae, transferred to the genus Balearica by Mourer-Chauviré in 2001,[45] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave Deposits |
An Accipitridae. |
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Buteo spassovi [47] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Miocene |
MN 11-12 |
An Accipitridae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Andrei V. Panteleyev |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Euenantiornithes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Chloephaga robusta [48] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Claudia P. Tambussi |
Middle-Late Pliocene |
Irene Formation |
An Anatidae. |
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Coccothraustes balcanicus [49] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
A Fringillidae. |
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Coccothraustes simeonovi [49] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
A Fringillidae. |
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Diamantornis spaggiarii [50] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Yannicke Dauphin |
Early Middle Miocene |
Karingarab |
A Struthionidae, eggshells. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Andrei V. Panteleyev |
An Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gargantuavis philoinos [51] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jean Le Loeuff |
Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, Marnes de la Maurine Formation |
An Ornithothoraces, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jiří Mlíkovský |
Middle Miocene |
A Gaviidae. |
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Geronticus balcanicus [53] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene, |
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Glaucidium explorator [43] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
USA: |
A Strigidae. |
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Gracilitarsus mirabilis [54] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Piciformes, Gracilitarsidae G. Mayr, 2001, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Hassiavis laticauda [55] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Apodiformes, ?Archaeotrogonidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1980, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Andrei V. Panteleyev |
An Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Intulula tinnipara [56] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jirí Mlíkovský |
Early Miocene |
MN 2a |
A Strigidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Masillacolius brevidactylus [57] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dieter S. Peters |
Middle Eocene |
A Coliidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Messelirrisor halcyrostris [54] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979. |
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Messelirrisor parvus [54] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Mioglaux debellatrix [56] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jirí Mlíkovský |
Early Miocene |
A Strigidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Miopico benimellalensis [54] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Miocene |
A Miopiconidae G. Mayr, 1998, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Robert F. Baird Patricia Vickers Rich |
Etadunna Formation |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Robert F. Baird Patricia Vickers Rich |
Etadunna Formation |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885. |
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?Primozygodactylus ballmanni [54] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, not surely a Primozygodactylus. |
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Primozygodactylus danielsi [54] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Primozygodactylus major [54] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971. |
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Pseudastur macrocephalus [59] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972. The genus Pseudastur is preoccupied and replaced by Pseudasturides Mayr, 2004, this is the type species of both genera.[60] |
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Psittacopes lepidus [61] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
ppMichael Daniels |
Middle Eocene |
A stem Psittaciformes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Quasisyndactylus longibrachis [62] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Alcediniformes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Rostratula pulia [63] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jíří Mlíkovský |
Early Miocene |
MN 4b |
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Scolopax hutchensi [43] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
USA: |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Struthio karingarabensis [50] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Yannicke Dauphin |
Early Miocene |
Karingarab |
A Struthionidae, eggshells. |
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Tetrao rhodopensis [64] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Early Pliocene |
A Phasianidae. |
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Xenopsitta fejfari [65] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jiří Mlíkovský |
Early Miocene |
A Psittacidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Pterosaurs
New taxa
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