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Arthropods

Newly named Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last1 = Ettershank	first1 = G	year = 1966	title = A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	journal = Australian Journal of Zoology	volume = 14	pages = 73–171	doi = 10.1071/zo9660073 }}	Comb nov	jr synonym	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil myrmicine ant,
moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004	[[File:Carebara antiqua BMNHP18806 profile.jpg	thumb	center	upright	[[Carebara antiqua]]]]
last1 = Wilson	first1 = E. O.	last2 = Carpenter	first2 = F. M.	last3 = Brown	first3 = W. L.	year = 1966	title = The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily	journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology	volume = 74	issue = 1	pages = 1–19	url = http://antbase.org/ants/publications/3508/3508.pdf	access-date = 2008-04-06	doi = 10.1155/1967/89604	doi-access = free }}	Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wilson & Carpenter	Turonian	New Jersey Amber	USA	Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma

Conodonts

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Declinognathodus	Gen. nov	Valid	David L. Dunn	Pennsylvanian		USA

Anapsids

Newly named mesosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last1 = Shikama	first1 = T.	last2 = Ozaki	first2 = H.	year = 1966	title = On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil	journal = Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan	series = New Series	volume = 64	pages = 351–358 }}	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Shikama & Ozaki	Artinskian	Irati Formation	Brazil	A mesosaur.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last1 = Rozhdestvensky	first1 = A. K.	year = 1966	title = Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae	journal = Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal	volume = 1966	issue = 3	pages = 103–116}}	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Rozhdestvensky	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Dashuigou Formation	China

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
last = Howard	first = H.	year = 1966	title = Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota	journal = Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science	volume = 107	pages = 1–8	url = http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS107.pdf	access-date = 2014-12-05	archive-date = 2014-12-08	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208062237/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS107.pdf	url-status = dead }}	Gen et sp nov.	valid	Howard	Early Miocene	Middle Sharps Formation	USA	An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi
Miortyx aldeni	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Early Miocene	Middle Sharps Formation	USA	An Odontophoridae.
last = Howard	first = H.	year = 1966	title = Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California	journal = Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science	volume = 114	pages = 1–11	url = http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS114.pdf	access-date = 2014-12-05	archive-date = 2014-12-08	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208062949/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS114.pdf	url-status = dead }}	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Miocene	Temblor Formation	USA	A Diomedeid.
last = Short	first = LL	year = 1966	title = A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska	journal = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections	volume = 149	pages = 1–12	url = https://archive.org/download/smithsonianm149195666smit/smithsonianm149195666smit.pdf}}	Gen et sp. nov.	jr synonym of Mycteria milleri	Short	Early Pliocene	Valentine Formation	USA
last = Miller	first = AH	year = 1966	title = The Fossil Pelicans of Australia	journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum	volume = 14	pages = 181–190 }}	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Pelecanidae.
last = Howard	first = H.	year = 1966	title = A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County , California	journal = Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science	volume = 101	pages = 2–8	url = http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS101.pdf	access-date = 2014-12-05	archive-date = 2014-12-08	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208063002/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS101.pdf	url-status = dead }}	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Late Miocene	Laguna Hills Formation	USA	An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis
Speotyto megalopeza	Sp. nov.	Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza	Ford	Late Pliocene	Rexroad Formation	USA
last = Howard	first = H.	year = 1966	title = Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico	url = http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS94.pdf	journal=Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science	volume = 94	pages = 1–12	access-date = 2014-12-04	archive-date = 2014-12-07	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141207142753/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS94.pdf	url-status = dead }}	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Middle Pliocene	Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas	Mexico	An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae

Other Animals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Arborea	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is "Rangea" arborea Glaessner (1959).	[[File:Charniodiscus NMNH.jpg	150px]]
Conomedusites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is C. lobatus.
	Sp. nov	Synonym of Dickinsonia costata	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia
	Sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia Russia
Kimberia	Gen. et sp. nov	Junior homonym	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	author=Wade, M.	title=Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa and other medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia	journal=Palaeontology	volume=15	pages=197–225	year=1972	url=http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2015/Pages%20197-225.pdf	url-status=usurped	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409143350/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2015/Pages%20197-225.pdf	archive-date=2011-04-09 }}	[[File:Kimberella quadrata.jpg	150px]]
Lorenzinites	Gen. et sp. nov		Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is L. rarus.
Mawsonites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is M. spriggi.	[[File:Mawsonites spriggi 546.jpg	150px]]
Medusinites	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is "Medusina" asteroides Sprigg (1949).	[[File:Medusinites asteroides.jpg	150px]]
Ovatoscutum	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is O. concentricum.	[[File:Ovatoscutum concentricium cropped.png	150px]]
Praecambridium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is P. sigillum.	[[File:Praecambridium sigillum restoration.jpg	150px]]
Rangea grandis	Sp. nov	Synonym of Charnia masoni	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia
Rangea longa	Sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	Originally described as a species of Rangea; Grimes et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Akrophyllas.	[[File:Rangea longa Newfoundland.JPG	150px]]
Rugoconites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	The type species is R. enigmaticus.	[[File:Rugoconites.jpg	150px]]
Spriggina? elongata	Sp. nov	Valid	Glaessner & Wade	Ediacaran	Australia	last=Glaessner	first=Martin F.	author-link=Martin Glaessner	year=1976	title=A new genus of late Precambrian polychaete worms from South Australia	url=http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_v100/TRSSA_V100_p169p170.pdf	url-status=dead	journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia	volume=100	issue=3	pages=169–170	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094103/http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_v100/TRSSA_V100_p169p170.pdf	archivedate=2007-09-29}}

References

(1966). "A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to ''Solenopsis'' and ''Pheidologeton'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology.
(1966). "The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily". [[Psyche (entomological journal).
New Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1301945 Stable URL])
(1966). "On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil". Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan.
Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
(1966). "Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal.
Howard, H.. (1966). "Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science.
Howard, H.. (1966). "Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science.
Short, LL. (1966). "A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
Miller, AH. (1966). "The Fossil Pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.
Howard, H.. (1966). "A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County , California". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science.
Ford, NL. (1966). "Fossil Owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas". Condor.
Howard, H.. (1966). "Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science.
(1966). "The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia". Palaeontology.
Wade, M.. (1972). "Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa and other medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia". Palaeontology.
(2023). "Elongate Ediacaran fronds from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia". Journal of Paleontology.
Glaessner, Martin F.. (1976). "A new genus of late Precambrian polychaete worms from South Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.

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