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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Amyridoxylon[2] | Gen et sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | A rutaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Aspidospermoxylon[2] | Gen et sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | An apocynaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Chandlera[3] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Scott | Middle Eocene | Clarno Formation | A moon seed genus. | ||
Edenoxylon[2] | Gen et sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | An anacaridaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Fagara biseriata[2] | Sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | A rutaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Fagara monophylloides[2] | Sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | A rutaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Forchhammerioxylon[2] | Gen et sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | A resedaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Heveoxylon[2] | Gen et sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | A euphorbiaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Juglans clarnensis[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott | Middle Eocene | Clarno Formation | A walnut. | ||
Mastixioidiocarpum oregonense[3] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Scott | Middle Eocene | Clarno Formation | A Tupelo relative | ||
Myrica scalariformis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Kruse | Early Eocene | An Eden Valley petrified wood. | |||
Odontocaryoidea[3] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Scott | Middle Eocene | Clarno Formation | A moon seed genus. | ||
sp nov | jr synonym | Scott | A Tupelo, | |||||
Palaeophytocrene hancockii[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott | An icacinaceous species. | ||||
Palaeophytocrene pseudopersica[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott | An icacinaceous species. | ||||
Parthenocissus angustisulcata[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott | A vitaceous species | ||||
Schinoxylon[2] | Gen et sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | An anacaridaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Suriana inordinata[2] | Sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | A surianaceous petrified wood. | ||||
Talauma multiperforata[2] | Sp nov | Kruse | Early Eocene | An Eden Valley petrified wood. | ||||
Trochodendroxylon beckii[5] | Sp nov | valid | Hergert & Phinney | A Trochodendron wood species. |
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 |
| Late Triassic (Norian) | A member of Pseudopalatinae. |
Dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Mamenchisaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
| Late Jurassic (late Callovian-early Oxfordian) | A mamenchisaurid. The type species is M. constructus. This animal had a neck of more than 10 meters. | ||||
Rebbachisaurus[10] | Valid taxon | Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | ||||||
Therizinosaurus[11] | Valid taxon | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) |
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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Leptodelphis | Valid | Kirpichnikov | Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) | A member of Kentriodontidae. | |||
Sarmatodelphis | Valid | Kirpichnikov | Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) | A kentriodontid. |
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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kruse, H.O. (1954). "Some Eocene dicotyledonous woods from Eden Valley, Wyoming". Ohio Journal of Science. 54 (4): 243–244.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.
- ^ Wheeler, E. A.; Baas, P.; Manchester, S. R. (2021). "Wood Anatomy of Modern and Fossil Fagales in Relation to Phylogenetic Hypotheses, Familial Classification, and Patterns of Character Evolution". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 183 (1): 61–86. doi:10.1086/717328. S2CID 244081754.
- ^ Scott, R. A.; Wheeler, E. A. (1982). "Fossil woods from the Eocene Clarno Formation of Oregon". IAWA Journal. 3 (3–4): 135–154. doi:10.1163/22941932-90000829.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. 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.