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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 faeces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1976.

1 Dinosaurs
2 Newly named dinosaurs
3 Plesiosaurs
- 3.1 New taxa
4 References

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list^[2] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.^[3]

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Images
Alioramus^[4]	Valid taxon	Sergei Kurzanov			Alioramus Othnielosaurus Ouranosaurus
Itemirus^[5]	Valid taxon	Sergei Kurzanov
Othnielosaurus	Valid taxon	J. H. Madsen
Ouranosaurus^[6]	Valid taxon	Philippe Taquet
Zigongosaurus^[7]	Disputed.	Hou Chao	Chu	Possible junior synonym of Mamenchisaurus.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Georgia	Valid	Otschev		preoccupied by a genus of mollusk
	Valid

References

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^ Newman, Garfield, et al (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 0-07-088739-X.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". http://www.barry.edu/bio300/pdf/montague%20dino%20web%20data%2012-3-2005.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
^ Kurzanov, S.M. 1976. A new Late Cretaceous carnosaur from Nogon-Tsav, Mongolia [in Russian]. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 3: pp. 93-104.
^ Kurzanov, S.M. 1976. Braincase structure in the carnosaur Itemirus n. gen. and some aspects of the cranial anatomy of dinosaurs. Paleontol. Zhurnal 1976: pp. 127-137.
^ Taquet, P. 1977. Dinosaurs of Niger. Nigerina Field 42 (1): pp. 1-8.
^ Hou, L., X. Chao, and (first name?) Chu. 1976. New discovery of sauropod dinosaurs from Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14: pp. 160- 165.

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