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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.
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. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Snyder |
A Stylotermitid termite. |
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. |
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) |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
A synapsid of uncertain affinities, perhaps a caseid. |
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) |