1954 in paleontology
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.
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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. |
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Aspidospermoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An apocynaceous petrified wood. |
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Chandlera[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A moon seed genus. |
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Edenoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An anacaridaceous petrified wood. |
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Fagara biseriata[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Fagara monophylloides[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Forchhammerioxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A resedaceous petrified wood. |
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Heveoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A euphorbiaceous petrified wood. |
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Juglans clarnensis[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A walnut. |
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Mastixioidiocarpum oregonense[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A Tupelo relative |
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Myrica scalariformis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An Eden Valley petrified wood. |
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Odontocaryoidea[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A moon seed genus. |
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sp nov |
jr synonym |
Scott |
A Tupelo, |
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Palaeophytocrene hancockii[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
An icacinaceous species. |
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Palaeophytocrene pseudopersica[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
An icacinaceous species. |
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Parthenocissus angustisulcata[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
A vitaceous species |
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Schinoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An anacaridaceous petrified wood. |
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Suriana inordinata[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A surianaceous petrified wood. |
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Talauma multiperforata[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An Eden Valley petrified wood. |
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Trochodendroxylon beckii[5] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Hergert & Phinney |
A Trochodendron wood species. |
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Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Snyder |
A Stylotermitid termite. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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[10] | Valid taxon |
Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) |
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Therizinosaurus[11] | 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. |
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Cetaceans
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Leptodelphis |
Valid |
Kirpichnikov |
Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) |
A member of Kentriodontidae. |
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Sarmatodelphis |
Valid |
Kirpichnikov |
Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) |
A kentriodontid. |
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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.
- Kruse, H.O. (1954). "Some Eocene dicotyledonous woods from Eden Valley, Wyoming". Ohio Journal of Science. 54 (4): 243–244.
- 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.
- 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.