Overview of the events of 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. 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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Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An apocynaceous petrified wood. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A moon seed genus. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An anacaridaceous petrified wood. |
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Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A resedaceous petrified wood. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A euphorbiaceous petrified wood. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A walnut. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A Tupelo relative |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An Eden Valley petrified wood. |
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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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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
An icacinaceous species. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
An icacinaceous species. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
A vitaceous species |
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Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An anacaridaceous petrified wood. |
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Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A surianaceous petrified wood. |
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Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An Eden Valley petrified wood. |
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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 |
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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.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Mamenchisaurus | 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 | Valid taxon |
Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) |
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| Therizinosaurus | 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.
- ^ 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 . 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.