1952 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 1952.

Plants[edit]

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Dinosaurs[edit]

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

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
"Syrmosaurus"^[3]		Junior synonym	Maleev	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)			Junior synonym of Pinacosaurus.	Pinacosaurus
Talarurus^[4]		Valid	Maleev	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Bayan Shireh Formation	Mongolia	An ankylosaurid.	Talarurus

Plesiosaurs[edit]

New taxa[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alzadasaurus kansasensis^[5]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Welles	Late Cretaceous Early Campanian	Niobrara Formation	USA Kansas	A long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Synonymized with Styxosaurus snowii in 1999	Styxosaurus snowii
Styxosaurus browni^[5]	Sp nov	valid	Welles	Late Cretaceous Early Campanian	Pierre Shale	USA Wyoming	A long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Synonymized with Hydralmosaurus serpentinus in 1999 Removed from synonymy in 2016	Styxosaurus browni

Synapsids[edit]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Carpenter, K. (1999). "Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the western interior". Paludicola. 2 (2): 148–173.

[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.

[ddinogeorge-2] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. 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.

[Carpenter1999-5] Carpenter, K. (1999). "Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the western interior". Paludicola. 2 (2): 148–173.

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