1952 in paleontology

Template:Short description Template:Year topic navigation 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 Template:Show by date published in the year 1952.

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Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Saurolophus angustirostris^[2]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Rozhdestvensky	Maastrichtian	Nemegt Formation	File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia	A species of Saurolophus
Syrmosaurus viminocaudus^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Jr. synonym	Maleev	Campanian	Djadochta Formation	File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia	Junior synonym of Pinacosaurus
Talarurus plicatospineus^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Maleev	Cenomanian-Santonian	Bayan Shireh Formation	File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia	An ankylosaurid	File:Dinosaurium, Talarurus plicatospineus 2.jpg

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alzadasaurus kansasensis^[5]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Welles	Late Cretaceous Early Campanian	Niobrara Formation	File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas	A long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Synonymized with Styxosaurus snowii in 1999	File:Styxosaurus snowii skull.jpg Styxosaurus snowii
Styxosaurus browni^[5]	Sp nov	valid	Welles	Late Cretaceous Early Campanian	Pierre Shale	File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming	A long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Synonymized with Hydralmosaurus serpentinus in 1999 Removed from synonymy in 2016	File:Styxosaurus browni.png Styxosaurus browni

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