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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 1970.

Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aphaenogaster avita^[2]	Sp nov	Valid	Fujiyama	early - middle Miocene	Chojabaru Formation	Japan	A myrmicin ant Moved to Paraphaenogaster avita (2016)
"Holcorpidae"^[3]	Fam nov	nomen nudum	Zherikhin	Priabonian	Florissant Formation	USA	A scorpionfly family, type sp. H. maculosa No formal description provided

Archosauromorphs

Newly named diapsids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Longisquama^[4]	fam et gen et sp nov	valid	Sharov	Middle to Late Triassic	Kyrgyzstan	possible gliding reptile covered with Feather-like Scales.	Longisquama insignis

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Daspletosaurus^[6]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Russell	Late Cretaceous	Oldman Formation	Canada ( Alberta) USA ( Montana	A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid.	Daspletosaurus
Deinocheirus^[7]	fam, gen et sp nov	Valid	Osmólska & Roniewicz	late Cretaceous	Nemegt Formation	Mongolia		Deinocheirus
Dilophosaurus^[8]	gen nov	Valid	Welles	Early Jurassic	Kayenta formation	USA ( Arizona)	A Two-crested Dilophosaur.	Dilophosaurus
"Likhoelesaurus"^[9]	gen et sp nov	Nomen nudum.	Ellenberger	Late Triassic	Lower Elliot Formation	South Africa	Misidentified non-dinosaurian archosaur.
"Megadontosaurus"^[10]	gen et sp nov	Nomen nudum	Brown vide: Ostrom	Early Cretaceous	Cloverly Formation		Chimera of Deinonychus and Microvenator.
Microvenator^[11]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ostrom	Early Cretaceous	Cloverly Formation	USA ( Montana		Microvenator celer
Sauropelta^[11]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ostrom	Early Cretaceous	Cloverly Formation	USA ( Montana, Utah and Wyoming)	a nodosaurid	Sauropelta
Staurikosaurus^[12]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Colbert	Late Triassic	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	a herrerasaurid	Staurikosaurus
Tenontosaurus^[11]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ostrom	Early Cretaceous	Cloverly Formation	USA ( Arizona, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming)	an ornithopod. with a Long Tail.	Tenontosaurus

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anabernicula robusta ^[13]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Short	Early Pleistocene	Yarmouth Intergalcial	USA	An Anatidae, jr synonym of Brantadorna robusta^[14]
Aquila borrasi ^[15]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Arredondo	Pleistocene	Cave deposits	Cuba	An Accipitridae, jr synonym of Buteogallus borrasi.^[16]
Chubutodyptes biloculata ^[17]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	George G. Simpson	Early Miocene	Patagonian	Argentina	A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2007 transferred the species to the genus Palaeospheniscus Moreno et Mercerat, 1891.^[18]
Heterochen pratensis ^[13]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Lester L. Short	Early Pliocene	Valentine Formation	USA ( Nebraska)	An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Mancalla milleri ^[19]	Sp. nov.	valid	Hildegarde Howard	Middle Pliocene	Blancan, San Diego Formation	USA ( California)	An Alcidae, Mancallinae.
Primobucco mcgrewi ^[20]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Pierce Brodkorb	Early Eocene	Green River Formation	USA ( Wyoming)	Described as a Bucconidae, Feduccia et Martin, 1976 erected the family Primobucconidae for it,^[21] this is the type species of the new genus.
Proagriocharis kimballensis ^[22]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Larry D. Martin James Tate, Jr.	Late Pliocene	Kimball Formation	USA ( Nebraska)	A Meleagridae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Pseudaptenodytes macraei ^[17]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	George G. Simpson	Late Miocene	Cheltenhamian	Australia	A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Pseudaptenodytes minor ^[17]	Sp. nov.	valid	George G. Simpson	Late Miocene	Cheltenhamian	Australia	A Spheniscidae.
Tringa antiqua ^[23]	Sp. nov.	valid	J. Alan Feduccia	Late Pliocene	Hemphillian	USA ( Kansas)	A Scolopacidae.
Zonotrichia robusta ^[24]	Sp. nov.	valid	Eduardo P. Tonni	Middle Pleistocene	Miramar	Argentina	A Passerellidae.

Newly named Pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pterodaustro	gen et sp nov	Valid	Bonaparte	early Cretaceous	Lagarcito Formation	Argentina	a Ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid. with a Flamingo-like feeding style.	Pterodaustro guinazui

References

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
^ Fujiyama, I. (1970). "Fossil insects from the Chojabaru Formation, Iki Island, Japan". Memoirs of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo. 3: 65–74.
^ Archibald, SB (2010). "Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 46 (1–2): 173–182. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654. S2CID 85039877.
^ Sharov, A.G. 1970. A peculiar reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Paleontologiceskij Zurnal 1: pp. 127-130.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Russell, D.A. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. National Museum of Nat. Sci., Publ. Paleontology No. 1.
^ Osmolska, H. and E. Roniewicz. 1970. Deinocheiridae, a new family of theropod dinosaurs. Palaeontol. Polonica 21: pp. 5-19.
^ Welles, S.P. 1970. Dilophosaurus (Reptilia: Saurischia), a new name for a dinosaur. J. Paleontol. 44: p. 989.
^ Ellenberger, P. 1970. Les niveaux Paléontologiques de première apparition des Mammifères primordiaux d'Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie, établissement de zones stratigaphiques detaillées dans le stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias supérieur à Jurassique). Proceedings Papers of the 2nd Gondwana Symposium in South Africa, 1970: pp. 343-370.
^ Brown vide Ostrom, J.H. 1970. Terrestrial vertebrates as indicators of Mesozoic climates. Proc. North. Am. Paleontol. Convention D, 347-376.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ostrom, J.H. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Nat. History Bull. 35: pp. 1-234.
^ Colbert, E.H. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brasil. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2405: pp. 1-39.
^ ^a ^b Short, LL (1970). "A New Anseriform Genus and Species from the Nebraska Pliocene" (PDF). Auk. 87 (3): 537–543. doi:10.2307/4083796. JSTOR 4083796.
^ Livezey; BC (1997). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes), including selected fossil species". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 66 (4): 457–496. doi:10.5962/p.215141. S2CID 203892656.
^ Arredondo, O (1970). "Nueva Especie de Ave Pleistocénica del Orden Accipitriformes (Accipitridae) y Nuevo Género para las Antillas". Ciencias, series 4 (Ciencias Biológicas). 8: 1–8.
^ Duque, WS; Olson, SL (2007). "The Cuban Fossil Eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo: A Scaled-up Version of the Great Black-hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) (Gmelin)" (PDF). Journal of Raptor Research. 41 (4): 288–298. doi:10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:tcfeab]2.0.co;2. S2CID 55380044.
^ ^a ^b ^c George G. Simpson (1970). "Miocene Penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 31: 17–23. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1970.31.02.
^ Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche (2007). "Revisión Sistematicá de Palaeospheniscus biloculata (Simpson) nov. comb. (Aves, Spheniscidae) de la Formación Gaiman (Mioceno Temprano), Chubut, Argentina". Ameghiniana. 44 (2): 417–426.
^ Hildegarde Howard (1970). "A Review of the Extinct Avian Genus Mancalla" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 203: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
^ Pierce Brodkorb (1970). "An Eocene Puffbird from Wyoming". Contributions to Geology University of Wyoming. 9 (1): 13–15. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
^ J. Alan Feduccia & Larry D. Martin (1976). "The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)" (PDF). In Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore Ed.: Storrs. L. Olson; Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 27: 101–110.
^ Larry D. Martin & James Tate, Jr. (1970). "A New Turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 82 (2): 214–218.
^ J. Alan Feduccia (1970). "A New Shorebird from the Upper Pliocene" (PDF). Journal of the Graduate Research Center (Dallas, Texas). 38 (3–4): 58–60.
^ Eduardo P. Tonni (1970). "Zonotrichia robusta n. sp. (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno Medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires". Ameghiniana. 7 (2): 161–165.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[Fujiyama1970-2] Fujiyama, I. (1970). "Fossil insects from the Chojabaru Formation, Iki Island, Japan". Memoirs of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo. 3: 65–74.

[Archibald2010-3] Archibald, SB (2010). "Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 46 (1–2): 173–182. doi:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654. S2CID 85039877.

[4] Sharov, A.G. 1970. A peculiar reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Paleontologiceskij Zurnal 1: pp. 127-130.

[ddinogeorge-5] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[6] Russell, D.A. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. National Museum of Nat. Sci., Publ. Paleontology No. 1.

[7] Osmolska, H. and E. Roniewicz. 1970. Deinocheiridae, a new family of theropod dinosaurs. Palaeontol. Polonica 21: pp. 5-19.

[8] Welles, S.P. 1970. Dilophosaurus (Reptilia: Saurischia), a new name for a dinosaur. J. Paleontol. 44: p. 989.

[9] Ellenberger, P. 1970. Les niveaux Paléontologiques de première apparition des Mammifères primordiaux d'Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie, établissement de zones stratigaphiques detaillées dans le stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias supérieur à Jurassique). Proceedings Papers of the 2nd Gondwana Symposium in South Africa, 1970: pp. 343-370.

[10] Brown vide Ostrom, J.H. 1970. Terrestrial vertebrates as indicators of Mesozoic climates. Proc. North. Am. Paleontol. Convention D, 347-376.

[ostrom70cloverly-11] Ostrom, J.H. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Nat. History Bull. 35: pp. 1-234.

[12] Colbert, E.H. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brasil. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2405: pp. 1-39.

[Heterochen-13] Short, LL (1970). "A New Anseriform Genus and Species from the Nebraska Pliocene" (PDF). Auk. 87 (3): 537–543. doi:10.2307/4083796. JSTOR 4083796.

[Brantadorna-14] Livezey; BC (1997). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes), including selected fossil species". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 66 (4): 457–496. doi:10.5962/p.215141. S2CID 203892656.

[Aquila-15] Arredondo, O (1970). "Nueva Especie de Ave Pleistocénica del Orden Accipitriformes (Accipitridae) y Nuevo Género para las Antillas". Ciencias, series 4 (Ciencias Biológicas). 8: 1–8.

[Buteogalus-16] Duque, WS; Olson, SL (2007). "The Cuban Fossil Eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo: A Scaled-up Version of the Great Black-hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) (Gmelin)" (PDF). Journal of Raptor Research. 41 (4): 288–298. doi:10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:tcfeab]2.0.co;2. S2CID 55380044.

[Simpson1970-17] George G. Simpson (1970). "Miocene Penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 31: 17–23. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1970.31.02.

[Hospitaleche2007-18] Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche (2007). "Revisión Sistematicá de Palaeospheniscus biloculata (Simpson) nov. comb. (Aves, Spheniscidae) de la Formación Gaiman (Mioceno Temprano), Chubut, Argentina". Ameghiniana. 44 (2): 417–426.

[Mancalla-19] Hildegarde Howard (1970). "A Review of the Extinct Avian Genus Mancalla" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 203: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2014-10-30.

[Primobucco-20] Pierce Brodkorb (1970). "An Eocene Puffbird from Wyoming". Contributions to Geology University of Wyoming. 9 (1): 13–15. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2014-10-30.

[Eobucco-21] J. Alan Feduccia & Larry D. Martin (1976). "The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)" (PDF). In Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore Ed.: Storrs. L. Olson; Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 27: 101–110.

[Proagriocharis-22] Larry D. Martin & James Tate, Jr. (1970). "A New Turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 82 (2): 214–218.

[Tringa-23] J. Alan Feduccia (1970). "A New Shorebird from the Upper Pliocene" (PDF). Journal of the Graduate Research Center (Dallas, Texas). 38 (3–4): 58–60.

[Zonotrichia-24] Eduardo P. Tonni (1970). "Zonotrichia robusta n. sp. (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno Medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires". Ameghiniana. 7 (2): 161–165.

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