1957 in paleontology
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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 1957.
Arthropoda
[edit]Crustaceans
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Enoplocytia tenuidigitata[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Woods |
Roma Formation |
An erymid |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Woods |
Upper Albian |
Tambo Formation |
A glypheid |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Woods |
Upper Albian |
Tambo Formation |
A stenochirid, type species is T. shannonae |
Insects
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Viana & Haedo Rossi |
Ventana Formation |
A Myrmeciine ant |
Molluscs
[edit]Gastropods
[edit]| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aplexa ricei[4] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
An aplexine physid bladder snail |
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Ferrissia arionoides[4] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
An ancyline planorbid ramshorn snail |
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Micropyrgus camselli[4] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
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Physa saxarubrensis[4] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
A physine physid bladder snail |
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Stagnicola tulameenensis[4] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
A lymnaeine lymnaeid pond snail |
Archosauromorpha
[edit]Newly named dinosaurs
[edit]Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Lexovisaurus[6] | Valid |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
A stegosaurid. | |||||
| Lusitanosaurus[7] | Valid |
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Early Jurassic |
Unnamed unit |
A basal thyreophoran. | |||
Synapsids
[edit]Non-mammalian
[edit]| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid |
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Middle Triassic |
Potrereillos Formation |
A traversodontid; a replacement name for Colbertia Minoprio (1954) | ||||
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Valid |
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A traversodontid. | ||||||
References
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- ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ^ a b c Woods, James T. (1957). "Macrurous Decapods from the Cretaceous of Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 13 (3): 155–175.
- ^ Dlussky, G.M. (2012). "New Fossil Ants of the Subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Germany". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 288–292. doi:10.1134/s0031030111050054. S2CID 83891156.
- ^ a b c d e Russell, L. S. (1957). "Mollusca from the Tertiary of Princeton, British Columbia". National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 147: 84–95.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Hoffstetter, R. 1957. Quelques observations sur le Stegosaurines. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2nd series) 29: pp. 537- 547.
- ^ Lapparent, A.F. de and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal. Mémoires du Service géologique du Portugal 2: pp. 1-63.
- ^ Mionoprio, J. L., 1957, Nota aclaratoria sobre Colberta muralis: Ameghiniana, v. 1, p. 144.
- ^ A. 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 44:1-14
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