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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 1890.

Contents

Plants

Angiosperms

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Carpolithes dentatus [2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Penhallow (in Dawson) [3]

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
"Stump lake", Coldwater Beds

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A small betulaceous fruit;
moved to Palaeocarpinus dentatus in 2003

Comptonia columbiana [3]

Sp nov

valid

Dawson

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

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A Sweet fern

Comptonia columbiana Comptonia columbiana SRIC SR 05-09-01 img1.jpg
Comptonia columbiana

Pteridophyta

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Azollophyllum primaevum [4]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Penhallow

Ypresian

Allenby Formation

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moved to Azolla primaeva in 1955

Azolla primaeva Azolla primaeva 6-7-19 img1 cropped.jpg
Azolla primaeva

Arthropods

Insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Cymatomera maculata [5]

Sp nov

Jr synonym

Scudder

Late Eocene

Florissant Formation

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A palaeorehniid ensiferan.
Synonymized with Palaeorehnia maculata in 1908

Palaeorehnia maculata Palaeorehnia maculata MCZ-464 NPS img1.jpg
Palaeorehnia maculata

Florissantia [5]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Scudder

Late Eocene

Florissant Formation

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A dictyopharine planthopper.
Type species F. elegans

Florissantia elegans Florissantia elegans Scudder 1890 plate19 fig 12.png
Florissantia elegans

Archosauromorphs

Pseudosuchians

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Suchodus [6]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Lydekker

Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

Oxford Clay Formation

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A metriorhynchid thalattosuchian,
type species S. durobrivensis

Suchodus brachyrhynchus Suchodus.jpg
Suchodus brachyrhynchus

Dinosaurs

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Barosaurus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Marsh

Kimmeridgian-Tithonian

Morrison Formation

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A diplodocid,
Type species B. lentus

Barosaurus lentus Barosaurus lentus skull salt lake city.jpg
Barosaurus lentus

Claosaurus

gen et comb nov

Nomen dubium

Marsh

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)

Niobrara Formation

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A hadrosaur. New comb for Hadrosaurus agilis Marsh 1872

Claosaurus agilis Claosaurus.png
Claosaurus agilis

Ornithomimus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Marsh

Late Cretaceous (Lancian)

Denver Formation

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An ornithomimid.
Type species O. velox

Ornithomimus edmontonicus OrnithomimusROM.JPG
Ornithomimus edmontonicus

Sauropterygia

Nothosauroidea

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Anarosaurus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Dames

Middle Triassic

Lower Muschelkalk

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A pachypleurosaur.
Type species B. pumilio

Anarosaurus heterodontus Anarosaurus heterodontus humeri.png
Anarosaurus heterodontus

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References

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  2. Pigg, K.B.; Manchester S.R.; Wehr W.C. (2003). "Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164 (5): 807–822. doi:10.1086/376816. S2CID   19802370.
  3. 1 2 Dawson, J. W. (1890). On fossil plants from the Similkameen Valley and other places in the southern interior of British Columbia. Royal Society of Canada.
  4. Arnold, C.A. (1955). "A Tertiary Azolla from British Columbia" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of. Paleontology, University of Michigan. 12 (4): 37–45.
  5. 1 2 Scudder, S. H. (1890). "The Tertiary insects of North America". United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Washington: 615.
  6. Lydekker, R. 1890, Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV. Containing the orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodonta, and Supplement, p. 1-295.