1983 in paleontology

Plants

Conifers

Angiosperms

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Crustacean research

• Albrecht (1983) reappraises the relationships of some fossil crustaceans and erects the family Protastacidae.

Insects

Fish

Cartilaginous fish

Cartilaginous fish research

• Duffin & Ward (1983) erect the family Anachronistidae for their new genus Anachronistes, which would later become a junior synonym of Cooleyella.

Reptiles

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Birds

Pterosaurs

New taxa

References