1957 in paleontology

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.[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 1957.

## Arthropoda

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### Crustaceans

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Enoplocytia tenuidigitata[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Woods

Albian

Roma Formation

Australia

An erymid

Glyphea oculata[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Woods

Upper Albian

Tambo Formation

Australia

A glypheid

Tillocheles[2]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Woods

Upper Albian

Tambo Formation

Australia

A stenochirid, type species is T. shannonae

### Insects

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Ameghinoia[3]

Gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Viana & Haedo Rossi

Middle Eocene

Ventana Formation

Argentina

A Myrmeciine ant
jr synonym of Archimyrmex
The type species is A. piatnitzkii

## Molluscs

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### Gastropods

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Name  | Novelty  | Status  | Authors  | Age  | Type locality  | Location  | Notes  | Images

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Aplexa ricei[4]

Sp nov

valid

Russell

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

An aplexine physid bladder snail

Ferrissia arionoides[4]

Sp nov

valid

Russell

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

An ancyline planorbid ramshorn snail

Micropyrgus camselli[4]

Sp nov

valid

Russell

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A Hydrobiid mud snail

Physa saxarubrensis[4]

Sp nov

valid

Russell

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A physine physid bladder snail

Stagnicola tulameenensis[4]

Sp nov

valid

Russell

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A lymnaeine lymnaeid pond snail

## Archosauromorpha

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### Newly named dinosaurs

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Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[5]

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Lexovisaurus[6] | Valid |

* Robert Hoffstetter

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Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

Oxford Clay Formation

United Kingdom France

A stegosaurid.

Lusitanosaurus[7] | Valid |

* Albert-Félix de Lapparent

* Zbyszewski

Early Jurassic

Unnamed unit

Portugal

A basal thyreophoran.

## Synapsids

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### Non-mammalian

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Colbertosaurus[8]

Valid

* Minoprio

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Middle Triassic

Potrereillos Formation

Argentina

A traversodontid; a replacement name for Colbertia Minoprio (1954)

Scalenodontoides[9]

Valid

* Crompton and Ellenberger

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Late Triassic (late Norian-Rhaetian)

Lower Elliot Formation

Lesotho
South Africa

A traversodontid.

## References

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* Paleontology portal

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. ^ a b c Woods, James T. (1957). "Macrurous Decapods from the Cretaceous of Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 13 (3): 155–175.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ a b c d e Russell, L. S. (1957). "Mollusca from the Tertiary of Princeton, British Columbia". National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 147: 84–95.
5. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
6. ^ Hoffstetter, R. 1957. Quelques observations sur le Stegosaurines. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2nd series) 29: pp. 537- 547.
7. ^ Lapparent, A.F. de and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal. Mémoires du Service géologique du Portugal 2: pp. 1-63.
8. ^ Mionoprio, J. L., 1957, Nota aclaratoria sobre Colberta muralis: Ameghiniana, v. 1, p. 144.
9. ^ 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

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