1958 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1958.

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Parastylotermes calico	Sp. nov	valid	Pierce	Miocene		USA	A Stylotermitid termite.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Chingkankousaurus	Nomen dubium	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)	Jingangkou Formation	China	A tyrannosauroid.	Tsintaosaurus
Tsintaosaurus	Valid taxon	Yang Zhongjian (as Young C. C.)	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)	Jingangkou Formation	China	A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Basicranodon	Junior synonym	Vaughn	Early Permian		US	A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus.
Diarthrognathus	Valid	Crompton	Late Triassic to Early Jurassic	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A member of Trithelodontidae.