1952 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 1952.

Plants

Flowering plants

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Ulmus chuchuanus	Nom nov	valid	(Berry) LaMotte	Early Eocene (Ypresian)	Okanagan Highlands Chu Chua Formation	Canada British Columbia	An elm. New name for "Ulmus columbianus" Berry (1962) Junior homonym of "Ulmus columbiana" Penhallow (1907)	Ulmus chuchuanus

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
"Syrmosaurus"[3]		Junior synonym	Maleev	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)			Junior synonym of Pinacosaurus.	Pinacosaurus
Talarurus[4]		Valid	Maleev	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Bayan Shireh Formation	Mongolia	An ankylosaurid.	Talarurus

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Styxosaurus	Valid	Welles		Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian)	Niobrara Formation Pierre Shale	US ( Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming)	A Long-Necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur.	Styxosaurus

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
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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.
Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
Maleev, E. A. (1952). "Новое семейство бронированные динозавры из верхнего производство мела Монголии" [A new family of armored dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 87: 131–134.
Maleev, E. A. (1952). "Новый анкилозавр из верхнего мела Монголии" [A new ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 87: 273–276.

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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.

[ddinogeorge-2] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[3] Maleev, E. A. (1952). "Новое семейство бронированные динозавры из верхнего производство мела Монголии" [A new family of armored dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 87: 131–134.

[4] Maleev, E. A. (1952). "Новый анкилозавр из верхнего мела Монголии" [A new ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 87: 273–276.