1957 in paleontology

none 1957 paleontology science 1957 Arthropoda Crustaceans NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesEnoplocytia tenuidigitataWoods James T. 1957 Macrurous Decapods from the Cretaceous of Queensland http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48733649 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13 3 155–175Sp novValidWoodsAlbianRoma FormationAustraliaAn erymidGlyphea oculataSp novValidWoodsUpper AlbianTambo FormationAustraliaA glypheidTillochelesGen et sp novValidWoodsUpper AlbianTambo FormationAustraliaA stenochirid, type species is T. shannonae Insects NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAmeghinoiaDlussky G.M. 2012 New Fossil Ants of the Subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Germany Paleontological Journal 46 3 288–292 10.1134/s0031030111050054 83891156 Gen et sp nov jr synonymViana & Haedo RossiMiddle EoceneVentana FormationArgentinaA Myrmeciine ant jr synonym of Archimyrmex The type species is A. piatnitzkii Molluscs Gastropods NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAplexa riceiRussell L. S. 1957 Mollusca from the Tertiary of Princeton, British Columbia National Museum of Canada Bulletin 147 84–95Sp novvalidRussellEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn aplexine physid bladder snailFerrissia arionoidesSp novvalidRussellEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn ancyline planorbid ramshorn snailMicropyrgus camselliSp novvalidRussellEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Hydrobiid mud snailPhysa saxarubrensisSp novvalidRussellEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA physine physid bladder snailStagnicola tulameenensisSp novvalidRussellEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA lymnaeine lymnaeid pond snail Archosauromorpha Newly named dinosaurs Data are courtesy of George Olshevky'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 Notes Images LexovisaurusHoffstetter, R. 1957. Quelques observations sur le Stegosaurines. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2nd series) 29: pp. 537- 547. Valid Robert Hoffstetter Middle Jurassic (Callovian)Oxford Clay FormationUnited Kingdom FranceA stegosaurid. LusitanosaurusLapparent, A.F. de and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal. Mémoires du Service géologique du Portugal 2: pp. 1-63. Valid Albert-Félix de Lapparent ZbyszewskiEarly JurassicUnnamed unitPortugalA basal thyreophoran. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesColbertosaurusMionoprio, J. L., 1957, Nota aclaratoria sobre Colberta muralis: Ameghiniana, v. 1, p. 144.Valid Minoprio Middle TriassicPotrereillos FormationArgentinaA traversodontid; a replacement name for Colbertia Minoprio (1954)ScalenodontoidesA. W. Crompton and F. Ellenberger. 1957. On a new cynodont from the Molteno Beds and the origin of the tritylodontids. Annals of the South African Museum 44:1-14Valid Crompton and Ellenberger Late Triassic (late Norian-Rhaetian)Lower Elliot FormationLesotho South AfricaA traversodontid. References Paleontology Category:1950s in paleontology Paleontology 7