Fossil Wiki

Fossil Wiki has moved! The new site is available at YourWiki

READ MORE

Fossil Wiki
            List of years in paleontology       (table)
 1966 .  1967 .  1968 .  1969  . 1970  . 1971  . 1972 
1973 1974 1975 -1976- 1977 1978 1979
 1980 .  1981 .  1982 .  1983  . 1984  . 1985  . 1986 

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (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. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, coprolites, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1976.

Dinosaurs[]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[1] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[2]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Alioramus[3] Valid taxon
  • Sergei Kurzanov
Alioramus skull steveoc

Alioramus

Othnielosaurus BW

Othnielosaurus

Ouranosaurus

Ouranosaurus

Itemirus[4] Valid taxon
  • Sergei Kurzanov
Othnielosaurus Valid taxon
  • J. H. Madsen
Ouranosaurus[5] Valid taxon
Zigongosaurus[6]

Disputed.

  • Hou
  • Chao
  • Chu

Possible junior synonym of Mamenchisaurus.

Plesiosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name Status Authors Notes

Georgia

Valid

Otschev

preoccupied by a genus of mollusk

References[]

  1. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-07. 
  2. ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". http://www.barry.edu/bio300/pdf/montague%20dino%20web%20data%2012-3-2005.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-10-29. 
  3. ^ Kurzanov, S.M. 1976. A new Late Cretaceous carnosaur from Nogon-Tsav, Mongolia [in Russian]. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 3: pp. 93-104.
  4. ^ Kurzanov, S.M. 1976. Braincase structure in the carnosaur Itemirus n. gen. and some aspects of the cranial anatomy of dinosaurs. Paleontol. Zhurnal 1976: pp. 127-137.
  5. ^ Taquet, P. 1977. Dinosaurs of Niger. Nigerina Field 42 (1): pp. 1-8.
  6. ^ Hou, L., X. Chao, and (first name?) Chu. 1976. New discovery of sauropod dinosaurs from Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14: pp. 160- 165.