Overview of the events of 1957 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. 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 1957.
Arthropoda
Crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Woods |
An erymid |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Woods |
Upper Albian |
A glypheid |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Woods |
Upper Albian |
A stenochirid, type species is T. shannonae |
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Viana & Haedo Rossi |
A Myrmeciine ant |
Molluscs
Gastropods
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Russell |
Archosauromorpha
Newly named dinosaurs
Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Lexovisaurus | Valid |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
A stegosaurid. | |||||
| Lusitanosaurus | Valid |
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Early Jurassic |
Unnamed unit |
A basal thyreophoran. | |||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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Middle Triassic |
A traversodontid; a replacement name for Colbertia Minoprio (1954) | |||||
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A traversodontid. | ||||||
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.
- ^ Woods, James T. (1957). "Macrurous Decapods from the Cretaceous of Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 13 (3): 155–175.
- Dlussky, G.M. (2012). "New Fossil Ants of the Subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Germany". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 288–292. doi:10.1134/s0031030111050054. S2CID 83891156.
- ^ Russell, L. S. (1957). "Mollusca from the Tertiary of Princeton, British Columbia". National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 147: 84–95.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Hoffstetter, R. 1957. Quelques observations sur le Stegosaurines. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2nd series) 29: pp. 537- 547.
- Lapparent, A.F. de and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal. Mémoires du Service géologique du Portugal 2: pp. 1-63.
- Mionoprio, J. L., 1957, Nota aclaratoria sobre Colberta muralis: Ameghiniana, v. 1, p. 144.
- A. W. Crompton and F. Ellenberger. 1957. On a new cynodont from the Molteno Beds and the origin of the tritylodontids. Annals of the South African Museum 44:1-14