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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 1980.
Dinosaurs[]
Newly named dinosaurs[]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[1] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[2]
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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| Callovosaurus[3] | Valid taxon |
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| Dracopelta[4] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Erlikosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
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| Kakuru[6] | Valid taxon |
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| Minmi[7] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Noasaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
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| Saltasaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
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| Zephyrosaurus[9] | Valid taxon | ||||
References[]
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Galton, P.M. 1980. European Jurassic ornithopod dinosaurs of the families Hypsilophodontidae and Camptosauridae. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 160 (1): pp. 73-95.
- ^ Galton, P.M. 1980. Partial skeleton of Dracopelta zbyszewskii n.gen. and n.sp., an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Géobios 13: pp. 451-457.
- ^ Perle vide Barsbold, R. and A. Perle. 1980. Segnosauria, a new infraorder of carnivorous dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontol. Polonica 25: pp. 185- 195.
- ^ Molnar, R.E. and N.S. Pledge. 1980. A new theropod dinosaur from South Australia. Alcheringa 4: pp. 281-287.
- ^ Molnar, R.E. 1980. An ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Reptilia) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Queensland. Mem. Queensland Mus. 20: pp. 77- 87.
- ^ a b Bonaparte, J.F. and J.E. Powell. 1980. A continental assemblage of tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous beds of El Brete, northwest Argentina (Sauropoda-Coelurosauria-Carnosauria- Aves). Mém. Soc. géol. Fr. N.S. 139: pp. 19-28.
- ^ Sues, H.-D. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica. Abt. (A) 169: pp. 51-72.