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1956 in paleontology

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List of years in paleontology (table)
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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 1956.

Plants

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Pinophytes

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Sequoiadendron chaneyi[2]

Sp. nov

Valid

Axelrod

Barstovian

Aldrich Station Formation

 USA ( Nevada)

Sequoiadendron chaneyi

Archosauromorphs

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Dinosaurs

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

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Euhelopus[4] Valid taxon

Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian)

Mengyin Formation

A euhelopodid titanosauriform.

Euhelopus

References

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  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.
  2. ^ Call, V.B.; Dilcher, D.L. (1997). "The fossil record of Eucommia (Eucommiaceae) in North America". American Journal of Botany. 84 (6): 798–814. doi:10.2307/2445816. JSTOR 2445816. PMID 21708632. S2CID 20464075.
  3. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ Romer, A.S. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles. University of Chicago Press (772 pages).