1954 in paleontology

none 1954 paleontology science 1954 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmyridoxylonKruse H.O. Some Eocene dicotyledonous woods from Eden Valley, Wyoming Ohio Journal of Science 1954 54 4 243–244Gen et sp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingA rutaceous petrified wood.The type species is A. ordinatumAspidospermoxylonGen et sp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingAn apocynaceous petrified wood.The type species is A. uniseriatumChandleraManchester S.R. Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon 1994 Palaeontographica Americana 58 30–31Gen et sp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA moon seed genus. Type species C. lacunosa.EdenoxylonGen et sp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingAn anacaridaceous petrified wood.The type species is E. parviareolatumFagara biseriataSp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingA rutaceous petrified wood.Fagara monophylloidesSp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingA rutaceous petrified wood.ForchhammerioxylonGen et sp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingA resedaceous petrified wood.The type species is F. scleroticumHeveoxylonGen et sp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingA euphorbiaceous petrified wood.The type species is H. microporosumJuglans clarnensisSp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA walnut.Mastixioidiocarpum oregonenseGen et sp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA Tupelo relativeMyrica scalariformisSp novjr synonymKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingAn Eden Valley petrified wood.Moved to Morella scalariformis in 2021Wheeler E. A. Baas P. Manchester S. R. 2021 Wood Anatomy of Modern and Fossil Fagales in Relation to Phylogenetic Hypotheses, Familial Classification, and Patterns of Character Evolution International Journal of Plant Sciences 183 1 61–86 10.1086/717328 244081754 free OdontocaryoideaGen et sp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA moon seed genus. Type species O. nodulosa.Palaeonyssa spatulatasp novjr synonymScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAA Tupelo, moved to Nyssa spatulata in 1994Palaeophytocrene hancockiiSp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonAn icacinaceous species. Palaeophytocrene pseudopersicaSp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonAn icacinaceous species. Parthenocissus angustisulcataSp novvalidScottMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA vitaceous speciesSchinoxylonGen et sp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingAn anacaridaceous petrified wood.The type species is S. actinoporosumSuriana inordinataSp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingA surianaceous petrified wood.Talauma multiperforataSp novKruseEarly Eocene Green River FormationUSAWyomingAn Eden Valley petrified wood.Trochodendroxylon beckiiScott R. A. Wheeler E. A. 1982 Fossil woods from the Eocene Clarno Formation of Oregon IAWA Journal 3 3-4 135–154 10.1163/22941932-90000829 free Sp novvalidHergert & PhinneyMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA Trochodendron wood species. Moved to Trochodendron beckii in 1982 Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesParastylotermes frazieriSnyder T.E. 1955 A new fossil termite, Parastylotermes frazieri, from California (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 57 2 79–80 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/55394 Sp. novvalidSnyderMiocene USAA Stylotermitid termite. Archosauromorphs Phytosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCoburgosuchusEin Parasuchier-Schädelrest aus dem Oberen Burgsandstein von Coburg [A parasuchian skull remain from the Upper Burgsandstein of Coburg]. Geologisch Blätter für Nordost-Bayern 3:1-13 Valid taxon HellerLate Triassic (Norian)Burgsandstein FormationGermanyA member of Pseudopalatinae. Dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages MamenchisaurusYoung C.-C. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping. Szechuan, China. Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 2: pp. 355-369. Valid taxon Yang Zhongjian (as Young C. C.)Late Jurassic (late Callovian-early Oxfordian)Shangshaximiao Formation ChinaA mamenchisaurid. The type species is M. constructus. This animal had a neck of more than 10 meters.thumb|Mamenchisaurus RebbachisaurusRené Lavocat. 1954. Sur les Dinosauriens du continental intercalaire des Kem-Kem de la Daoura. C. R. 19th Internatl. Geol. Congr. (1952): pp. 65-68. Valid taxon René LavocatMiddle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)Kem Kem Beds Morocco Niger TunisiaA rebbachisaurid.thumb|Rebbachisaurus TherizinosaurusMaleev, E.A. 1954. A new turtle-like saurian in Mongolia. Priroda (1954): pp. 106-108. Valid taxon Evgeny MaleevLate Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian)Nemegt Formation MongoliaA therizinosaurid.center|thumb|150x150px|Therizinosaurus Synapsids Pelycosaurs Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesPhreatophasmaValidIvan YefremovMiddle PermianRussiaA synapsid of uncertain affinities, perhaps a caseid. Eutherians Cetaceans Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLeptodelphisValidKirpichnikovMiddle Miocene (Sarmatian)RussiaA member of Kentriodontidae.SarmatodelphisValidKirpichnikovMiddle Miocene (Sarmatian)MoldovaA kentriodontid. References Paleontology Category:1950s in paleontology Paleontology 4