| List of years in paleontology |
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study ofprehistoriclife forms onEarth through the examination of plant and animalfossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils,tracks (ichnites),burrows, cast-off parts, fossilisedfeces (coprolites),palynomorphs andchemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as ascience. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1982.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Miller jr | Middle Miocene | Roza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact, | A fern |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | AnAlangium wood species | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | ABetula wood species | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | ACercidiphyllum wood species | |||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | AFagaceae wood genus. | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | AMagnoliaceae wood species | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | AMagnolia wood species | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | AMagnolia wood species | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | AFagaceae wood species | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | ALauraceae wood species | |||||
Comb nov | valid | (Hergert & Phinney) Scott & Wheeler | ATrochodendron wood species. |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Wilson | Early Eocene |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
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gen et sp nov | Valid | Unnamed unit | ||||||
gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | Dong, Tang, & Zhou | ||||||
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gen et sp nov | Valid | Carpenter | ||||||
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gen et sp nov | Delair | Referred toPolacanthus. |
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Sp. nov. | |||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | AnEnantiornithes Walker, 1981,Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982.Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | ± 3 MyBP | AnAnhingidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Pleistocene | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Khirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2 | APhasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | AnOdontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, familyIncertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | AnAlcidae. | ||||||
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Valid | Sp. nov. | |||||||
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Valid | Sp. nov. | AGaviidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | |||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | AThreskiornithidae, placed in AvesIncerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | MN 4b | APodicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genusPodiceps.[26] | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | AStrigidae, probably a synonym ofOrnimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | AStrigidae, probably a synonym ofOrnimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | AStrigidae, probably a synonym ofOrnimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | MP 8 |
| Described as aPsittacidae, transferred by Mourer-Chauviré in 1992 to theQuercypsittidae, placed in AvesIncertae Sedis by Mayr et Daniels 1998, Mayr 2009 thought it might be aFluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Siwalik Series | A possibleBalaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Early Eocene | MP 8 |
| Described as aFalconidae, but Mlíkovský 2002[30] placed it in AvesIncertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||
Valid | Sp. nov. | AGruiformes,Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889,Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genusParaphysornis.[32] | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | AnOtididae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | ARallidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | AnApodidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | AnAlcidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Near Kadirpur | AGruiformes,Ergilornithidae Kozlova, 1960. According to Karhu, 1997 not an Ergilornithidae. Olson, 1985 and Kurochkin, 1985 place the species in the genusAmphipelargus Lydekker, 1891. |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid | Delair |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid | Huachihuanhe Formation |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | valid |
| First described as a dinosaur | |||||
gen et sp nov | Valid |