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.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Amyridoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Aspidospermoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An apocynaceous petrified wood. |
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Chandlera[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A moon seed genus. |
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Edenoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An anacaridaceous petrified wood. |
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Fagara biseriata[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Fagara monophylloides[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A rutaceous petrified wood. |
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Forchhammerioxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A resedaceous petrified wood. |
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Heveoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A euphorbiaceous petrified wood. |
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Juglans clarnensis[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A walnut. |
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Mastixioidiocarpum oregonense[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
A Tupelo relative |
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Myrica scalariformis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An Eden Valley petrified wood. |
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Odontocaryoidea[3] |
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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Palaeophytocrene hancockii[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
An icacinaceous species. |
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Palaeophytocrene pseudopersica[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
An icacinaceous species. |
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Parthenocissus angustisulcata[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Scott |
A vitaceous species |
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Schinoxylon[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An anacaridaceous petrified wood. |
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Suriana inordinata[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
A surianaceous petrified wood. |
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Talauma multiperforata[2] |
Sp nov |
Kruse |
Early Eocene |
An Eden Valley petrified wood. |
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Trochodendroxylon beckii[5] |
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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Leptodelphis |
Valid |
Kirpichnikov |
Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) |
A member of Kentriodontidae. |
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Sarmatodelphis |
Valid |
Kirpichnikov |
Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) |
A kentriodontid. |