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1955 in paleontology
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Plants
Pteridophyta
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Arthropods
Crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dinosaurs
- Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majungasaurus | Valid taxon | René Lavocat | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Maevarano Formation | Madagascar | A majungasaurine abelisaurid. | [[File:Majungasaurus TD.png | thumb | [[Majungasaurus]]]] |
| Tarbosaurus | Valid taxon | Evgeny Maleev | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) | Nemegt Formation | |||||
| Mongolia China | An Asian Tyrannosaurus-looking tyrannosaurid. | [[File:Tarbosaurus baatar paleoart (2024).png | center | thumb | 200x200px | [[Tarbosaurus]]]] |
Synapsids
Theriodonts
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauroctonus | Valid | Bystrow | Late Permian | Semen Formation | |||
| Teekloof Formation | Russia | A gorgonopsian. | [[File:Saur parringt1DB.jpg | thumb | [[Sauroctonus]]]] | ||
| Scalenodon | Valid | Crompton and Parrington | Middle Triassic | Manda Formation | Tanzania | A traversodontid cynodont. |
Mammals
Eutherians
Cetaceans
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lophocetus pappus | Now renamed Miminiacetus. | Kellogg | Middle Miocene (Langhian) | ||||
| Pelodelphis | Valid | Kellogg | Middle Miocene (Langhian) | Calvert Formation | * US (Maryland) | An odontocete of uncertain position. | |
| Tretosphys | Valid | Kellogg | Middle Miocene (Langhian) | Calvert Formation | Czech Republic US (Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia) | An odontocete of uncertain position; new genus for "Delphinapterus" gabbi Cope (1868). |
Other Animals
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| last1 = Harrington | first1 = N.J. | last2 = Moore | first2 = R.C. | year = 1955 | title = Kansas Pennsylvanian and other jellyfishes | journal = Bull. Kansas Geol. Surv. | volume = 114 | issue = 5 | pages = 153–163 | url = http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/114_5/index.html }} | Synonym of Dickinsonia costata | Harrington & Moore | Ediacaran | Australia |
References
- Bond, G. 1955. A note on dinosaur remains from the Forest Sandstone (Upper Karoo). Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Rhodesia 2: 795–800.
- Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.
References
- (1955). "A Tertiary ''Azolla'' from British Columbia". Contributions from the Museum of. Paleontology, University of Michigan.
- Remy, Jean Marcel. (1955-01-01). "''Eryon yehoachi'' nov. sp. et ''Cenomanocarcinus cf. vanstraeleni'' Stenzel, crustaces decapodes du Cretace superieur de l'etat d'Israel". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France.
- Hof, Cees H.J.. (1998). "Late Cretaceous stomatopods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from Israel and Jordan". Contributions to Zoology.
- Bond (1955). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
- Lavocat, R. 1955. Sur une portion de mandibule de thérepode provenant de Crétace supérieur de Madagascar. Bull. Musee Natl. d’Histoire Nat. (ser. 2) 27: pp. 256-259.
- Maleev, E. A.. (1955). "Гигантских плотоядных динозавров Монголии". [[Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR]].
- (1955). "Kansas Pennsylvanian and other jellyfishes". Bull. Kansas Geol. Surv..
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