1955 in paleontology

none 1955 paleontology science 1955 Plants Pteridophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAzolla primaevaArnold C.A. 1955 A Tertiary Azolla from British Columbia Contributions from the Museum of. Paleontology, University of Michigan 12 4 37–45 http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/48289/2/ID129.pdfComb novValid(Penhallow) ArnoldYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaA waterfern, moved from Azollophyllum primaevum Penhallow, 1890thumb|center|upright|Azolla primaeva Arthropods Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesEryon yehoachiRemy Jean Marcel Avnimelech M. 1955-01-01 Eryon yehoachi nov. sp. et Cenomanocarcinus cf. vanstraeleni Stenzel, crustaces decapodes du Cretace superieur de l'etat d'Israel https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sgf/bsgf/article/S6-V/4-6/311/517577/Eryon-yehoachi-nov-sp-et-Cenomanocarcinus-cf Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France en S6-V 4-6 311–314 10.2113/gssgfbull.S6-V.4-6.311 1777-5817 subscription Sp novJr. synonymRemy and AvnimelechLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Mishash FormationIsraelMoved to Ursquilla in 1998.Hof Cees H.J. 1998 Late Cretaceous stomatopods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from Israel and Jordan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241851834 Contributions to Zoology 67 4 257–266 10.1163/18759866-06704003 1383-4517 Dinosaurs Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.Bond (1955). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Newly named 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 MajungasaurusLavocat, 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. Valid taxon René Lavocat Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation Madagascar A majungasaurine abelisaurid. thumb|Majungasaurus Tarbosaurus Maleev E. A. 1955 Гигантских плотоядных динозавров Монголии Gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 104 634–637 Valid taxon Evgeny Maleev Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) Nemegt Formation Subashi Formation Mongolia China An Asian Tyrannosaurus-looking tyrannosaurid. center|thumb|200x200px|Tarbosaurus Synapsids Theriodonts Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Sauroctonus Valid Bystrow Late Permian Semen FormationTeekloof Formation Russia A gorgonopsian. 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 Dickinsonia spriggi Harrington N.J. Moore R.C. 1955 Kansas Pennsylvanian and other jellyfishes Bull. Kansas Geol. Surv. 114 5 153–163 http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/114_5/index.html Synonym of Dickinsonia costata Harrington & Moore Ediacaran Australia References Paleontology 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. Category:1950s in paleontology Paleontology 5