1955 in paleontology
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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 1955.
Plants
Pteridophyta
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
A waterfern, moved from |
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Arthropods
Crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Jr. synonym |
Remy and Avnimelech |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
Dinosaurs
- Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.[5]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Majungasaurus[7] | Valid taxon | René Lavocat | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Maevarano Formation |  Madagascar
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A abelisaurid .
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| Tarbosaurus[8] | Valid taxon | Evgeny Maleev | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) | Nemegt Formation |
 Mongolia  China
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An Asian tyrannosaurid .
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Synapsids
Theriodonts
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Sauroctonus | Valid | Bystrow | Late Permian | Semen Formation Teekloof Formation |
 Russia
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A gorgonopsian. |  |
| Scalenodon | Valid | Crompton and Parrington | Middle Triassic | Manda Formation |  Tanzania
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A traversodontid cynodont.
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Mammals
Eutherians
Cetaceans
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Lophocetus pappus | Now renamed Miminiacetus. | Kellogg | Middle Miocene (Langhian) | ||||
| Pelodelphis | Valid | Kellogg | Middle Miocene (Langhian) | Calvert Formation | *  US ( Maryland)
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An odontocete of uncertain position. | |
| Tretosphys | Valid | Kellogg | Middle Miocene (Langhian) | Calvert Formation |  Czech Republic US ( Maryland,  New Jersey,  North Carolina and  Virginia)
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An odontocete of uncertain position; new genus for "Delphinapterus" gabbi Cope (1868). |
Other Animals
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dickinsonia spriggi[9]
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Synonym of Dickinsonia costata | Harrington & Moore | Ediacaran |  Australia
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References
- OCLC 46769716.
- ^ Arnold, C.A. (1955). "A Tertiary Azolla from British Columbia" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of. Paleontology, University of Michigan. 12 (4): 37–45.
- ISSN 1777-5817.
- ISSN 1383-4517.
- ^ Bond (1955). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Lavocat, 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.
- Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 104: 634–637.
- ^ Harrington, N.J.; Moore, R.C. (1955). "Kansas Pennsylvanian and other jellyfishes". Bull. Kansas Geol. Surv. 114 (5): 153–163.
- 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.