1954 in paleontology

List of years in paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology (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 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.

Arthropods

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Parastylotermes frazieri[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Snyder

Miocene

 USA

A Stylotermitid termite.

Archosauromorphs

Phytosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Coburgosuchus[3]

 Valid taxon
  • Heller

Late Triassic (Norian)

Burgsandstein Formation

 Germany

A member of Pseudopalatinae.

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Mamenchisaurus[5] Valid taxon

Late Jurassic (late Callovian-early Oxfordian)

Shangshaximiao Formation

 China

A mamenchisaurid. The type species is M. constructus.
Therizinosaurus
Rebbachisaurus[6] Valid taxon

Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kem Kem Beds

 Morocco

A rebbachisaurid.

Therizinosaurus[7] Valid taxon

Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian)

Nemegt Formation

 Mongolia

A therizinosaurid.

Synapsids

Pelycosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Phreatophasma

Valid

Ivan Yefremov

Middle Permian

Unnamed unit

 Russia

A synapsid of uncertain affinities, perhaps a caseid.

Eutherians

Cetaceans

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Leptodelphis

Valid

Kirpichnikov

Middle Miocene (Sarmatian)

 Russia

A member of Kentriodontidae.

Sarmatodelphis

Valid

Kirpichnikov

Middle Miocene (Sarmatian)

 Moldova

A kentriodontid.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. ↑ Young C.-C. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping. Szechuan, China. Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 2: pp. 355-369.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Maleev, E.A. 1954. A new turtle-like saurian in Mongolia. Priroda (1954): pp. 106-108.
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