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

Angiosperms

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

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes
Brachylophosaurus^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Sternberg	Cretaceous Campanian	Oldman Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A hadrosaurid The type species is B.canadensis
Chiayusaurus^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov	Nomen dubium^{[citation needed]}	Bohlin	Late Jurassic	Kalazha Formation	China	An indeterminate eusauropod The type species is C. lacustris
Heishansaurus^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Birger Bohlin	Cretaceous Campanian	Minhe Formation	China	An ankylosaurid The type species is H. pachycephalus.
Microceratops^[4]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov.	jr homonym	Bohlin	Cretaceous Campanian	Minhe Formation	China	A ceratopsian The type species is M. gobiensis Genus also includes M. sulcidens of the Xinminbao Group Genus name preoccupied by Microceratops Seyrig 1952 Genus renamed Microceratus (2008)
Peishansaurus^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium^{[citation needed]}	Bohlin	Cretaceous Campanian	Minhe Formation	China	An ankylosaurid The type species is P. philemys
Sauroplites^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bohlin	Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian)	Zhidan Group	China	A nodosaurid the type species is S. scutiger
Stegosaurides ^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium^{[citation needed]}	Bohlin	Early Cretaceous	Xinminbao Group	China	A nodosaurid The type species is S. excavatus
Troodon bexelli^[4]	Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Bohlin	Cretaceous Turonian	Ulansuhai Formation	China	First named as a Troodon species Moved to Stegoceras bexelli (1964) Moved to Tylocephale bexelli (1978) Moved to Sinocephale bexelli (2021).

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

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

^ 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.
^ Sternberg, C.H. (1953). "A new hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: Discussion of nomenclature". National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 128: 1–12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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.

[sternberg1953-3] Sternberg, C.H. (1953). "A new hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: Discussion of nomenclature". National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 128: 1–12.

[bohlin53mongolia-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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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