1873 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1873.
Arthropods
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bothriomyrmex constricta[2] |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant |
 Anonychomyrma constricta | |||
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Bothriomyrmex geinitzi[2] |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi |
 Anonychomyrma geinitzi | ||||
Sauropterygia
Newly named plesiosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sauvage |
 Liopleurodon ferox | |||||
Ichthyosaurs
Newly named ichthyosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Valid |
late Albian/early Cenomanian |
Cambridge Greensand Formation |
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References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg 55 (4): 56–59.
- ↑ Harry G. Seeley (1873). "On Cetarthrosaurus walkeri (Seeley), an Ichthyosaurian from the Cambridge Upper Greensand". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 29: 505–507. doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1873.029.01-02.43.