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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 1871.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Gen et Sp et comb nov | valid | A percopsid fish. | ![]() | ||||||
Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Crocodilus carcharidens [3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | ![]() | Later given the genus name Doratodon | |
Zatomus | Nomen dubium | Cope | Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian archosaur | |||||
Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Danubiosaurus [3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | ![]() | Believed to be a lacertilian, a possible synonym of Struthiosaurus | |
Hadrosaurus cavatus [4] | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Cope | Maastrichtian | Navesink Formation? | ![]() | A species of Hadrosaurus | |
Iguanodon suessii [3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | ![]() | Later given the genus name Mochlodon | |
"Megalosaurus schnaitheimii" [3] | Nomen nudum | Bunzel | Late Jurassic | Schnaitheim | ![]() | An invalid species of Megalosaurus mentioned in passing | ||
Struthiosaurus [3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation | ![]() | A nodosaurid | |
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Jr. synonym. | Seeley | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. | ||
Valid | Seeley | |||