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.

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Main article: 1952 in paleobotany

## Archosauromorphs

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### Dinosaurs

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Saurolophus angustirostris[2] | Sp. nov.  | Valid  | Rozhdestvensky | Maastrichtian | Nemegt Formation |  Mongolia | A species of Saurolophus |
Syrmosaurus viminocaudus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov.  | Jr. synonym | Maleev | Campanian | Djadochta Formation |  Mongolia | Junior synonym of Pinacosaurus |
Talarurus plicatospineus[4] | Gen. et sp. nov.  | Valid  | Maleev | Cenomanian-Santonian | Bayan Shireh Formation |  Mongolia | An ankylosaurid |

## Plesiosaurs

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### New taxa

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Alzadasaurus kansasensis[5]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Welles

Late Cretaceous
Early Campanian

Niobrara Formation

USA
Kansas

A long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur.
Synonymized with Styxosaurus snowii in 1999

|  Styxosaurus snowii

Styxosaurus browni[5]

Sp nov

valid

Welles

Late Cretaceous
Early Campanian

Pierre Shale

USA
Wyoming

A long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur.
Synonymized with Hydralmosaurus serpentinus in 1999
Removed from synonymy in 2016

|  Styxosaurus browni

## Synapsids

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## 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. ^ Rozhdestvensky, A.K. (1952). "A new representative of the duck-billed dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia". Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 86 (2): 405–408.
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.
5. ^ a b Carpenter, K. (1999). "Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the western interior". Paludicola. 2 (2): 148–173.

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