1954 in paleontology
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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. Because humans have 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 or were published in the year 1954.
Plants
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
synonym |
Scott |
A Tupelo, syn of Nyssa spatulata |
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Snyder |
A Stylotermitid termite. |
Archosauromorphs
Phytosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid taxon |
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Late Triassic (Norian) |
A member of Pseudopalatinae. |
Dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Mamenchisaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
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Late Jurassic (late Callovian-early Oxfordian) |
A mamenchisaurid. The type species is M. constructus. This animal had a neck of more than 10 meters. |
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Rebbachisaurus[7] | Valid taxon |
Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) |
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Therizinosaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) |
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Synapsids
Pelycosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
A synapsid of uncertain affinities, perhaps a caseid. |
Eutherians
Cetaceans
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Kirpichnikov |
Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) |
A member of Kentriodontidae. |
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Valid |
Kirpichnikov |
Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) |
References
- ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ^ Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.
- ^ Snyder, T.E. (1955). "A new fossil termite, Parastylotermes frazieri, from California (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 57 (2): 79–80.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ein Parasuchier-Schädelrest aus dem Oberen Burgsandstein von Coburg [A parasuchian skull remain from the Upper Burgsandstein of Coburg]. Geologisch Blätter für Nordost-Bayern 3:1-13
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Young C.-C. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping. Szechuan, China. Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 2: pp. 355-369.
- ^ René Lavocat. 1954. Sur les Dinosauriens du continental intercalaire des Kem-Kem de la Daoura. C. R. 19th Internatl. Geol. Congr. (1952): pp. 65-68.
- ^ Maleev, E.A. 1954. A new turtle-like saurian in Mongolia. Priroda (1954): pp. 106-108.