1973 in paleontology

Plants

Conifers

Angiosperms

Arthropods

Insects

Conodonts

Archosauromorphs

New pseudosuchian taxa

Crocodylomorph research

• William Roger Hamilton describes a second specimen of Tomistoma dowsoni from the Siwa Oasis of Egypt.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Newly named birds

Newly named pterosaurs

References

References

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2. (1973). "A silicified semiaquatic dicotyledon from the Eocene Allenby Formation of British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Botany.
3. (1994). "Vegetative growth of ''Eorhiza arnoldii'' Robison and Person from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert locality of British Columbia". International Journal of Plant Sciences.
4. (1973). "Studies on the Lepidoptera from fossil resins. Part II. ''Epiborkhausenites obscurotrimaculatus'' gen. et sp. nov. (Oecophoridae) and a tineid-moth discovered in the Baltic amber". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
5. (2018). "Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)". Zootaxa.
6. Prioniodontacean conodonts from the Emanuel Formation (Lower Ordovician) of Western Australia. RA McTavish, Geologica et Palaeontologica, 1973
7. Seiffert, J. 1973. Upper Jurassic Lizards from Central Portugal. Contribuicao para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimeridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Servicox Geologicos de Portugal, Memoria 22 (new series): pp. 7-88.
8. Hamilton, W. R.. (1973). "The lower Miocene ruminants of Gebel Zelten, Libya". British Museum.
9. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
10. (1973). "On the anatomy and relationships of ''Efraasia diagnostica'' (V. Huene) n. gen., a prosauropod dinosaur (Reptilia: Saurischia) from the Upper Triassic of Germany". Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
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22. Julian P. Hume. (1973). "Reappraisal of the Parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with Comments on Their Ecology, Morphology, and Affineties". Zootaxa.
23. George G. Simpson. (1973). "Tertiary Penguins (Spenisciformes: Spheniscidae) from Ysterplaats, Cape Town, South Africa". South African Journal of Science.
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