1892 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 1892.

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Mollusca

Newly named bivalves

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Tellinomya similis . [2]

Sp nov

synonym

Ulrich

Ashgillian

Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota

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transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Tellinomya recurva . [2]

Sp nov

synonym

Lamont

Ashgillian

Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota

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transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Dinosaurs

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Claosaurus annectens [3] Sp. nov.Valid Marsh Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming A new species of Claosaurus later named Edmontosaurus annectens
Claorhynchus trihedrus [4] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming Possible synonym of Triceratops
Iguanodon hilli [5] Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Newton Cenomanian Hertfordshire Flag of England.svg  England A species of Iguanodon
Manospondylus gigas [4] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming Possible subjective synonym of Tyrannosaurus
Ornithomimus sedens [3] Sp. nov.Valid Marsh Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming A species of Ornithomimus

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

NameStatusAuthorsNotes

Cryptocleidus

Valid

Seeley

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsDiscovery yearAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Delphinognathus

Valid

Seeley

Diopaeus

Geikia

Valid

Newton

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. 1 2 Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi: 10.1111/1475-4983.00081 .
  3. 1 2 Marsh, O.C. (1892). "Notice of new reptiles from the Laramie Formation". American Journal of Science. 43: 449–453.
  4. 1 2 Cope, E.D. (1892). "Fourth note on the Dinosauria of the Laramie". The American Naturalist. 26: 756–758.
  5. Newton, E.T. (1892). "Note on an iguanodont tooth from the lower Chalk ("Totternhoe Stone"), near Hitchin". Geological Magazine. New Series, Decade III. 9: 49–50.