1952 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or [palæontology (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 mankind has 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 1952.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
"Syrmosaurus"[3] Junior synonym

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)

Bayan Shireh Formation

 Mongolia

Junior synonym of Pinacosaurus.

Talarurus[4] Valid taxon

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)

Bayan Shireh Formation

 Mongolia

An ankylosaurid.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes

Styxosaurus

Valid

Welles

Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian)

Niobrara Formation
Pierre Shale

 US

An elasmosaurid plesiosaur.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

'

Valid

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Valid

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. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. Maleev, E. A. (1952). "Новое семейство бронированные динозавры из верхнего производство мела Монголии" [A new family of armored dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 87: 131–134.
  4. Maleev, E. A. (1952). "Новый анкилозавр из верхнего мела Монголии" [A new ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 87: 273–276.
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