1953 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 1953.

Plants

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Angiosperms

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Holmskioldia speirii[2]

Comb nov

jr synonym

(Lesquereux) MacGinitie

Late Eocene

Florissant Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A mallow relative.
moved from Porana speirii (1883)
Moved to Florissantia speirii (1992)

Florissantia speirii

Dinosaurs

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Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Brachylophosaurus[4] Valid taxon

Late Cretaceous (Judithian)

Judith River Formation
Oldman Formation

A saurolophine hadrosaurid.

Chiayusaurus[5] Nomen dubium.

Late Jurassic

Kalazha Formation

An indeterminate eusauropod.

Heishansaurus[5] Nomen dubium.

Late Cretaceous (Djadokhtan)

Minhe Formation

An ankylosaurid ankylosaur.

Microceratops[5]

Preoccupied.

  • Bohlin

Late Cretaceous (Djadokhtan)

Minhe Formation

Preoccupied by Seyrig 1952. Renamed Microceratus in 2008.

Peishansaurus[5] Nomen dubium.
Sauroplites[5] Valid taxon.

Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian)

Zhidan Group

A member of Nodosauridae.

Stegosaurides[5] Nomen dubium.

Early Cretaceous

Xinminbao Group

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Aloposauroides

Valid

Brink and Kitching

Late Permian

Sycocephalus

junior synonym

Brink and Kitching

Late Permian

References

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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.
  2. ^ Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.
  3. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ Sternberg, C.H. 1953. A new hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: Discussion of nomenclature. Bull. Dept. Res. Dev. Can. 128: pp. 1-12.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Bohlin, B. 1953. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Sino-Swedish Exped. Publ. 37: pp. 1- 113 (Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm);