1953 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 1953.

Plants[edit]

Angiosperms[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Holmskioldia speirii^[2]	Comb nov	jr synonym	(Lesquereux) MacGinitie	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	United States Colorado	A mallow relative. moved from Porana speirii (1883) Moved to Florissantia speirii (1992)	Florissantia speirii

Dinosaurs[edit]

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[3]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Brachylophosaurus^[4]	Valid taxon	C. M. Sternberg	Late Cretaceous (Judithian)	Judith River Formation Oldman Formation	Canada ( Alberta) US ( Montana)	A saurolophine hadrosaurid.
Chiayusaurus^[5]	Nomen dubium.	Birger Bohlin	Late Jurassic	Kalazha Formation	China	An indeterminate eusauropod.
Heishansaurus^[5]	Nomen dubium.	Birger Bohlin	Late Cretaceous (Djadokhtan)	Minhe Formation	China	An ankylosaurid ankylosaur.
Microceratops^[5]	Preoccupied.	Bohlin	Late Cretaceous (Djadokhtan)	Minhe Formation	China	Preoccupied by Seyrig 1952. Renamed Microceratus in 2008.
Peishansaurus^[5]	Nomen dubium.	Birger Bohlin			China
Sauroplites^[5]	Valid taxon.	Birger Bohlin	Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian)	Zhidan Group	China	A member of Nodosauridae.
Stegosaurides^[5]	Nomen dubium.	Birger Bohlin	Early Cretaceous	Xinminbao Group	China

Synapsids[edit]

Non-mammalian[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Aloposauroides	Valid	Brink and Kitching	Late Permian	South Africa
Sycocephalus	junior synonym	Brink and Kitching	Late Permian	South Africa Zambia

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Sternberg, C.H. 1953. A new hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: Discussion of nomenclature. Bull. Dept. Res. Dev. Can. 128: pp. 1-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bohlin, B. 1953. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Sino-Swedish Exped. Publ. 37: pp. 1- 113 (Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm);

[1] 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.

[Manchester1992-2] Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.

[ddinogeorge-3] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[4] Sternberg, C.H. 1953. A new hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: Discussion of nomenclature. Bull. Dept. Res. Dev. Can. 128: pp. 1-12.

[bohlin53mongolia-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bohlin, B. 1953. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Sino-Swedish Exped. Publ. 37: pp. 1- 113 (Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm);

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