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
Chandlera[2]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	A moon seed genus. Type species C. lacunosa.
Juglans clarnensis[2]	Sp nov	valid	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	A walnut.
Mastixioidiocarpum oregonense[2]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	A Tupelo relative
Odontocaryoidea[2]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	A moon seed genus. Type species O. nodulosa.
Palaeonyssa spatulata[2]	sp nov	jr synonym	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA	A Tupelo, moved to Nyssa spatulata in 1994
Palaeophytocrene hancockii[2]	Sp nov	valid	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	An icacinaceous species.
Palaeophytocrene pseudopersica[2]	Sp nov	valid	Scott	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	An icacinaceous species.
Trochodendroxylon beckii[3]	Sp nov	valid	Hergert & Phinney	Middle Eocene	Clarno Formation	USA Oregon	A Trochodendron wood species. Moved to Trochodendron beckii in 1982

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Parastylotermes frazieri[4]	Sp. nov	valid	Snyder	Miocene		USA	A Stylotermitid termite.

Archosauromorphs

Phytosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Coburgosuchus[5]	Valid taxon	Heller		Late Triassic (Norian)	Burgsandstein Formation	Germany	A member of Pseudopalatinae.

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Mamenchisaurus[7]	Valid taxon	Yang Zhongjian (as Young C. C.)	Late Jurassic (late Callovian-early Oxfordian)	Shangshaximiao Formation	China	A mamenchisaurid. The type species is M. constructus. This animal had a neck of more than 10 meters.	Mamenchisaurus
Rebbachisaurus[8]	Valid taxon	René Lavocat	Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)	Kem Kem Beds	Morocco Niger Tunisia	A rebbachisaurid.	Rebbachisaurus
Therizinosaurus[9]	Valid taxon	Evgeny Maleev	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian)	Nemegt Formation	Mongolia	A therizinosaurid.	Therizinosaurus

Synapsids

Pelycosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Phreatophasma	Valid	Ivan Yefremov	Middle Permian	Russia	A synapsid of uncertain affinities, perhaps a caseid.

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

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.
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.
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.

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[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.

[Manchester1994-2] Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.

[Clarno1982-3] 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.

[Snyder1955-4] 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.

[5] 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

[ddinogeorge-6] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[7] Young C.-C. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping. Szechuan, China. Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 2: pp. 355-369.

[8] 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.

[9] Maleev, E.A. 1954. A new turtle-like saurian in Mongolia. Priroda (1954): pp. 106-108.