1974 in paleontology explained

Bryophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ditrichites fylesi^[1]	Sp nov	valid	Kuc	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada	A possible ditrichaceous moss
Muscites maycocki	Sp nov	valid	Kuc	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada	A moss of uncertain placement
Muscites ritchiei	Sp nov	valid	Kuc	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada	A moss of uncertain placement
Palaeohypnum jovet-asti	Sp nov	jr synonym	Kuc	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada	An amblystegiaceous moss Moved to Hypnites jovet-astiae in 1980^[2]
Palaeohypnum steerei	Sp nov	jr synonym	Kuc	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada	An amblystegiaceous moss Moved to Hypnites steerei in 1980

Plants

Angiosperms

Archosauromorphs

General research

• Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.^[4]

Newly named dinosaurs

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

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Chubutisaurus^[6]	gen et sp nov	Valid	del Corro	Albian	Cerro Barcino Formation
Homalocephale^[7]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Maryańska & Osmólska	late Cretaceous
Labocania^[8]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Molnar	Campanian	La Bocana Roja Formation		possible tyrannosauroid
Prenocephale	gen et sp nov	Valid	Maryańska & Osmólska	late Cretaceous
Stokesosaurus^[9]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Madsen	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation, Utah
Tylocephale	gen et sp nov	Valid	Maryańska & Osmólska	late Cretaceous

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Chunga incerta ^[10]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Eduardo P. Tonni	Late Pliocene	Monte Hermoso Formation	Argentina	A Cariamidae.
Cryptociconia indica ^[11]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Colin J. O. Harrison	Pliocene	Siwalik Series	India	A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Dendrocopos praemedius ^[12]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Pliocene	MN 17	Austria	A Picidae.
Francolinus minor ^[13]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Pleistocene	Villafranchian	Poland	A Phasianidae.
Francolinus villanyiensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Pliocene	MN 16	Poland	A Phasianidae.
Francolinus wenzensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Early Pliocene	MN 15	Poland	A Phasianidae.
Gobipteryx minuta ^[14]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Andrzej Elzanowski	Late Cretaceous	?Campanian, Barun Goyot Formation	Mongolia	Described in the Palaeognathae, but transferred to the Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.
Leptoptilos richae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Colin J. O. Harrison	Late Miocene	Belgia Formation	Tunisia	A Ciconiidae.
Leptoptilos siwalikensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Colin J. O. Harrison	Pliocene	Siwalik Series	India	A Ciconiidae.
Neophrontops slaughteri ^[15]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Alan Feduccia	Late Pliocene	Glenns Ferry Formatie, Hagerman Local Fauna	United States	An Accipitridae.
Nesotrochis steganinos ^[16]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Quaternary	Cave deposits	Haiti	A flightless Rallidae.
Pachydyptes simpsoni ^[17]	Sp. nov.	Valid	R. J. F Jenkins	Late Eocene	Blanche Point Marls, Aldingan Stage	Australia	A Spheniscidae.
Tetrao conjugens	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Pliocene	?Campanian, Węże 1	Poland	A Phasianidae.
Tetrastes praebonasia	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Early Pleistocene	Tarkö - lagen 11, 12; Hundsheim Montoussé	Austria France Hungary	A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819 by Zygmunt Bocheński, 1991.^[18]

Newly named pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Gallodactylus	gen et sp nov	subjective synonym	Fabre	Late Jurassic			subjective synonym of Cycnorhamphus
Herbstosaurus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Casamiquela	Tithonian	Vaca Muerta Formation

References

• Raath, M.A. (1974). Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: further evidence of gastroliths in Prosauropod dinosaurs. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 7 (5): 1–7.
• Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.

Notes and References

1. Kuc . M. . 1974 . Fossil mosses from the bisaccate zone of the mid-Eocene Allenby Formation, British Columbia . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 11 . 3 . 409–421 . 10.1139/e74-037.
2. Book: Miller . N. G. . 1980 . Fossil mosses of North America and their significance . The Mosses of North America . 9–36.
3. Manchester . S.R. . Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon . 1994 . Palaeontographica Americana . 58 . 30–31.
4. Raath (1974). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
5. Web site: Olshevsky . George . Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List . 2008-08-07 . 2011-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html . dead .
6. Corro, G. del. 1974. Un nuevo megalosaurio (Carnosaurio) del Cretacico de Chubut (Argentina). Communicaciones Mus. Argent. Ciencias Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" Paleontol. 1:pp. 37-44.
7. Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. Paleontol. Polinica 30: pp. 45-102.
8. Molnar R.E. . 1974 . A distinctive theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California (Mexico) . Journal of Paleontology . 48 . 5. 1009–1017 .
9. Madsen, J. H., Jr. 1974. A new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Utah. J. Paleontol. 48: pp. 27-31.
10. Eduardo P. Tonni . 1974 . Un Nuevo Cariámido (Aves, Gruiformes) del Plioceno Superior de la Provincia de Buenos Aires . Ameghiniana . 11 . 366–372 .
11. Colin J. O. Harrison . 1974 . A Re-examination of Material of the Extinct Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos falconeri, with Description of Some New Species . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018182218/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/7d/4e/35/7d4e35663e49ef5f764f5f86e286858c.pdf . dead . 2014-10-18 . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 94 . 42–49 .
12. Dénes Jánossy . 1974 . Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna von Hundsheim (Niederösterreich) . Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I . 182 . 211–257 .
13. Dénes Jánossy . 1974 . Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene Bird Remains from Poland . Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia . 19 . 21 . 531–563 .
14. Andrzej Elzanowski . 1974 . Results of the Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions-Part V: Preliminary Note on the Palaeognathous Bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia . Paleontologica Polonica . 30 . 103–109 . 2014-10-11 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063419/http://www.palaeontologia.pan.pl/Archive/1974_30_103-109_32-33.pdf . dead .
15. Alan Feduccia . 1974 . Another Old World Vulture from the New World . Wilson Bulletin . 86 . 3 . 251–255 .
16. Storrs L. Olson . 1974 . A New Species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with Notes on Other Fossil Rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae) . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 87 . 38 . 439–450 .
17. R. J. F. Jenkins . 1974 . A New Giant Penguin from the Eocene of Australia . Palaeontology . 17 . 2 . 291–310 . 2014-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016150620/http://www.palass-pubs.org/palaeontology/pdf/Vol17/Pages%20291-310.pdf . 2014-10-16 . dead .
18. Zygmunt Bocheński . 1991 . Pliocene Grouse of Genus Lagopus from Poland . Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia . 34 . 2 . 563–577 .