1996 in paleontology

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.

Palaeocarpinus aspinosa[2] Sp nov Valid Manchester & Chen PaleoceneMiddle Paleocene Fort Union Formation USA Wyoming A betulaceous fruit Palaeocarpinus orientalis[3] Sp nov Valid Manchester & Guo Paleocene Wulungu Depression China A betulaceous fruit Cancer (Metacarcinus) starri[4] Valid Berglund & Goedert Early Miocene Clallam & Pysht Formations USA ( Washington) A crab Allopetalia europaea[5] Sp nov Jr synonym Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs Messinian France An Aeshnid dragonfly.

nov Valid Dlussky Late Aptian to Early Cenomanian Burmese amber Myanmar A possible Aneuretin ant Cerdanyagrion[5] Gen et sp nov valid Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs Vallesian/Turolian Spain A Megapodagrionid damselfly Haidomyrmex cerberus[7] Gen et sp.

Valid Storrs L. Olson Pierre Jouventin Holocene Amsterdam Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands An Anatidae.

Valid Storrs L. Olson Yoshikazu Hasegawa Late Oligocene Ainoshima Formation Japan A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.

Valid Storrs L. Olson Yoshikazu Hasegawa Late Oligocene Ainoshima Formation Japan A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969.

Valid Eduardo P. Tonni Jorge Noriega Late Pliocene Orohué Formation Argentina A Psittacidae.

Valid Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Brigitte Senut Martin Pickford Pierre Mein Early Miocene Karingarab Namibia A Struthionidae.

nov Jr synonym Dashzeveg Late Eocene Ergilin Dzo Formation Moved to the genus Alagtsavbaatar in 2016[43] Stenoplesictis simplex[42] Sp.