1964 in paleontology
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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 1964.
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
Syn |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Mollusca
Newly named bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Soot-Reyn |
New genus and species with five other species moved from other genera |
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Archosauromorphs
Dinosaurs
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis[4] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Hu | Turonian | Ulansuhai Formation |  China |
A member of Neovenatoridae |  |
| Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis[5] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Walker | Callovian | Oxford Clay Formation |  England |
A megalosaurid |  |
| Eustreptospondylus divesensis[5] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Walker | Callovian | Marnes de Dives |  France |
Later given the genus Piveteausaurus | |
| Fabrosaurus australis[6] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium. | Ginsburg | Sinemurian | Upper Elliot Formation |  Lesotho |
An early ornithischian | |
| Lambeosaurus paucidens[7] | Comb. nov. | Nomen dubium | Ostrom | Campanian | Judith River Formation |  Montana |
A new combination for Hadrosaurus paucidens, which may be a ceratopsian | |
| Metriacanthosaurus[5] | Gen. nov. | Valid | Walker | Oxfordian | Oxford Clay Formation | England |
A new species for Megalosaurus parkeri |  |
Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Meleagridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Howard |
Late Pleistocene |
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A Strigidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
jr synonym |
Brodkorb |
An Anatidae, transferred to Anas greeni. |
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Gen et Sp. nov. |
jr synonym? |
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A Pseudodontornithidae, type species T. wetmorei, |
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Pterosaurs
New taxa
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