1892 in paleontology

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.

List of years in paleontology (table)
In science
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895

Mollusca

Newly named bivalves

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Tellinomya similis.[2]

Sp nov

synonym

Ulrich

Ashgillian

Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota

 USA

transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Tellinomya recurva.[2]

Sp nov

synonym

Lamont

Ashgillian

Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota

 USA

transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes

Claorhynchus

Nomen dubium

Edward Drinker Cope

Possible subjective synonym of Triceratops.

Manospondylus

Nomen dubium

Edward Drinker Cope

Possible subjective synonym of Tyrannosaurus.

Manospondylus may be a synonym of Tyrannosaurus.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Cryptocleidus

Valid

Seeley

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

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. 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.
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