1960 in paleontology

Angiosperms

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Novelty

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Unit

Location

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Eucommia brownii

Species

Becker

Molluscs

Name

Novelty

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Authors

Age

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Ctenodonta spjeldnaesi.

Sp nov

synonym

Soot-Reyn & Soot-Reyn

Late Ordovician

Upper Chasmops Shale

Norway

Archosaurmopha

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Popular culture

Literature

Pataud, le petit dinosaure was published. This was the first book about dinosaurs intended for an audience of children young enough to be new to reading. Paleontologist William A. S. Sarjeant has called it a "charmin" book and "remarkable" that the earliest dinosaur book aimed at children was French since "French children do not share North American children's fascination" with dinosaurs.