1977 in paleontology

Plants

Ferns

Conifers

Angiosperms

Invertebrates

Mollusks

Conodonts

Fish

Archosauriformes

Non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Birds

Pterosaurs

Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries

• Trexler found hadrosaur remains west of Choteau, Montana in strata of the Two Medicine Formation.

Popular culture

Literature

• The Year of the Dinosaur Edwin H. Colbert and illustrated by his wife, Margaret was published. This story describes a year in the life of a "brontosaur" and was an attempt to educate the reader about prehistory through a fictional portrayal of it.

References

References

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2. (2001). "Cainozoic ferns and their distribution". Brittonia.
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4. (1936). "The Tertiary floras of Alaska, with a chapter on the geology of the Tertiary deposits". United States Geological Survey.
5. (1968). "Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington". United States Geological Survey.
6. (1987). "Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey.
7. (1935). "The La Porte flora of Plumas County, California". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.
8. Hickey, Leo. (1977). "Stratigraphy and Paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of Western North Dakota". Geological Society of America.
9. (1977). "Revisions of ''Ulmus'' and ''Zelkova'' in the middle and late Tertiary of western North America". United States Geological Survey.
10. (2009). "First record of ''Pojetaia runnegari'' Jell, 1980 and ''Fordilla'' Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves". Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
11. (July 1977). "Vjalovognathus nom. nov. replaces Vjalovites Kozur, 1976". [[Journal of Paleontology]].
12. (1977). "Middle Eocene freshwater fishes from British Columbia". Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum.
13. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
14. (March 1977). "'Modern' lizard from the Upper Triassic of China". Nature.
15. Borsuk-Bialynicka, Magdalena. (1977). "A new camarasaurid sauropod Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, gen. n. sp. n. from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia". Palaeontol. Polonica.
16. (July 1977). "The ornithopod dinosaur Dryosaurus and a Laurasia–Gondwanaland connection in the Upper Jurassic". Nature.
17. (1977). "Redescription du crane de Dinosaure theropode de Dives (Normandie)". Annales de Paléontologie.
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29. Jánossy, Dénes. (1977). "Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin. II. Galliformes. 2. Phasianidae". Aquila.
30. Olson, Storrs L.. (1977). "A Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.
31. Olson, Storrs L.. (1977). "Notes on Subfossil Anatidae from New Zealand, Including A New Species of Pink-Eared Duck ''Malacorhynchus''". Emu.
32. Alvarez, Rafael. (1977). "A Pleistocene Avifauna from Jalisco, Mexico". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology University of Michigan.
33. Olson, Storrs L.. (1977). "A Great Auk, ''Pinguinis'' [''sic''], from the Pliocene of Nebraska (Aves: Alcidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.
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37. Olson, Storrs L.. (1977). "Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae". Codline.
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39. (1977). "A New Genus of Flightless Ibis (Threskiornithidae) and Other fossil Birds from Cave Deposits in Jamaica". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.
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