1979 in paleontology

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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 1979.

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
"Cylindricodon"	Same as Hylaeosaurus	Sir Richard Owen vide: Ingles	Sawyer	Preoccupied by Jaeger 1828.	Maiasaura Nanshiungosaurus Piatnitzkysaurus Segnosaurus Torvosaurus
Dravidosaurus^[3]	Valid taxon	Yadagiri	Ayyasami
"Gadolosaurus"^[4]	Nomen nudum.	Saito
Gilmoreosaurus^[5]	Valid taxon	Michael K. Brett-Surman
Gravitholus^[6]	Nomen dubium. Possible junior synonym of Stegoceras.	Wall	Peter Galton
"Koreanosaurus"	Nomen nudum	Kim H. M.
Maiasaura^[7]	Valid taxon	Jack Horner	Makela
Majungatholus^[8]	Junior synonym of Majungasaurus.	Hans-Dieter Sues	Philippe Taquet
Microhadrosaurus^[9]	Nomen dubium.	Dong Zhiming
Mussaurus^[10]	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte	Vince
Nanshiungosaurus^[11]	Valid taxon	Dong Zhiming
Patagosaurus^[12]	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte
Piatnitzkysaurus^[12]	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte
Secernosaurus^[13]	Valid taxon	Michael K. Brett-Surman
Segnosaurus^[14]	Valid taxon	Altangerel Perle
Torvosaurus^[15]	Valid taxon	Peter Galton	Jim Jenson
Unquillosaurus^[16]	Valid taxon	Jaime Eduardo Powell
Volkheimeria^[12]	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte
Yandusaurus^[17]	Valid taxon	He

Plesiosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Dravidosaurus	Valid	Yadagiri Ayyasami

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.
^ Yadagiri, P. and K. Ayyasami. 1979. A new Stegosaurian dinosaur from Upper Cretaceous sediments of South India. J. Geol. Soc. India 20 (2): pp. 521-530.
^ Saito, T. 1979. Wonder of the World's Dinosaurs. Kodansha Publishers, Tokyo (Plate 71).
^ Brett-Surman, M.K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.
^ Wall, W P. and P.M. Galton. 1979. Notes on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilla: Ornithischia) from North America, with comments on their status as ornithopods. Can. J. Earth Sci. 16: pp. 1176-1186.
^ Horner, J.R. and R. Makela. 1979. Nest of juveniles provides evidence of family structure among dinosaurs. Nature. 282: pp. 296-298.
^ Sues, H.-D. and P. Taquet. 1979. A pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Madagascar and a Laurasia-Gondwanaland connection in the Cretaceous. Nature 279: pp. 633-635.
^ Dong, Z. 1979. Cretaceous Dinosaurs of Hunan, in Mesozoic-Cenozoic Redbeds of Hunan. Palaeontologica Sinica: pp.346-347.
^ Bonaparte J.F. and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triásico superior de Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana Revista de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 16 (1-2): pp. 173-182.
^ Dong, Z. 1979. The Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in southern China. In: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds in Southern China. Inst. Vert. Paleontol. Paleoanthropol. Nanjing Geol. Paleontol. Inst. Sci.. Press, Beijing: pp.342-350.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bonaparte, J.F. 1979. Dinosaurs: A Jurassic assembalge from Patagonia. Science 205: pp. 1377-1379.
^ Brett-Surman, M. K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.
^ Perle A. 1979. Segnosauridae - A new family of theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Soviet-Mongolean Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 8: pp. 45-55.
^ Galton, P.M. and J.A. Jensen. 1979. A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 26 (2): pp. 1-12.
^ Powell, J.E. 1979. Sobre una asociacion de dinosaurios y otras evidencias de vertebrados del Cretacico superior de la region de La Candelaria, Prov. de Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 16: pp. 191-204.
^ He X. 1979. A newly discovered ornithopod dinosaur Yandusaurus from Zigong. Sichuan. In: Contribution to International Exchange of Geology. Part 2. Stratigraphy and paleontology. Geol. publishing House, Beijing: pp. 116-123.

[ddinogeorge-1] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.

[montaguedatabase-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] Yadagiri, P. and K. Ayyasami. 1979. A new Stegosaurian dinosaur from Upper Cretaceous sediments of South India. J. Geol. Soc. India 20 (2): pp. 521-530.

[4] Saito, T. 1979. Wonder of the World's Dinosaurs. Kodansha Publishers, Tokyo (Plate 71).

[5] Brett-Surman, M.K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.

[6] Wall, W P. and P.M. Galton. 1979. Notes on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilla: Ornithischia) from North America, with comments on their status as ornithopods. Can. J. Earth Sci. 16: pp. 1176-1186.

[7] Horner, J.R. and R. Makela. 1979. Nest of juveniles provides evidence of family structure among dinosaurs. Nature. 282: pp. 296-298.

[8] Sues, H.-D. and P. Taquet. 1979. A pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Madagascar and a Laurasia-Gondwanaland connection in the Cretaceous. Nature 279: pp. 633-635.

[9] Dong, Z. 1979. Cretaceous Dinosaurs of Hunan, in Mesozoic-Cenozoic Redbeds of Hunan. Palaeontologica Sinica: pp.346-347.

[10] Bonaparte J.F. and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triásico superior de Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana Revista de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 16 (1-2): pp. 173-182.

[11] Dong, Z. 1979. The Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in southern China. In: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds in Southern China. Inst. Vert. Paleontol. Paleoanthropol. Nanjing Geol. Paleontol. Inst. Sci.. Press, Beijing: pp.342-350.

[bonaparte79patago-12] Bonaparte, J.F. 1979. Dinosaurs: A Jurassic assembalge from Patagonia. Science 205: pp. 1377-1379.

[13] Brett-Surman, M. K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.

[14] Perle A. 1979. Segnosauridae - A new family of theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Soviet-Mongolean Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 8: pp. 45-55.

[15] Galton, P.M. and J.A. Jensen. 1979. A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 26 (2): pp. 1-12.

[16] Powell, J.E. 1979. Sobre una asociacion de dinosaurios y otras evidencias de vertebrados del Cretacico superior de la region de La Candelaria, Prov. de Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 16: pp. 191-204.

[17] He X. 1979. A newly discovered ornithopod dinosaur Yandusaurus from Zigong. Sichuan. In: Contribution to International Exchange of Geology. Part 2. Stratigraphy and paleontology. Geol. publishing House, Beijing: pp. 116-123.

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