1883 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 1883.

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Plants

Angiosperms

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Porana speirii [2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

late Eocene

Florissant Formation

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A mallow relative.
moved to Holmskioldia speirii (1953)

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Florissantia speirii

Dinosaurs

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Craspedodon

Gen. et sp. nov.

Nomen dubium

Dollo

Santonian

Glauconie de Lonzée Formation

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An early ceratopsian

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Craspedodon lonzeensis

Megalosaurus bredai [3]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Seeley

Maastrichtian

Maastricht Formation

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First named as a megalosaurid
Moved to Betasuchus bredai (1932)[ citation needed ]

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Betasuchus bredai
Orthomerus [3]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Nomen dubium

Seeley

Maastrichtian

Maastricht Formation

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A hadrosaurid relative

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Orthomerus dolloi

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

NameStatusAuthorsNotes

Luetkesaurus

Nomen dubium

Kiprijanoff

See also

References

  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. Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR   2444909.
  3. 1 2 Seeley, H.G. (1883). "On the dinosaurs from the Maastricht bed". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 39: 246–253.