1874 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 1874.
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) |
A hadrosaurid. | ||||||
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Early Cretaceous |
A dubious stegosaur. | ||||||
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Preoccupied. |
Hulke, 1874 |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
Preoccupied by Edward Drinker Cope, 1869. | ||||
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Sauvage |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
Unnamed unit |
A dubious sauropod. | ||||
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Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) |
Junior subjective synonym of Triceratops. | ||||||
Ichthyosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Seeley |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
An ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. | ||||
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Seeley |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
A cryptoclidid, new genus for "Plesiosaurus" megadeirus Seeley, 1869 |
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Valid |
Seeley |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
A member of Microcleididae; new genus for "Plesiosaurus" rugosus Owen, 1840. | ||||
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Valid |
Hector |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
An elasmosaurid. | ||||
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Valid |
Seeley |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
A cryptoclidid. | ||||
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Valid |
Seeley |
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) |
A rhomaleosaurid; new genus for "Plesiosaurus" cramptoni Carte and Bailey, 1863 | ||||
Pterosaurs
Newly named pterosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Owen |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
A member of Ornithocheiridae. |
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Jr. synonym |
Owen |
Jr. synonym of Ornithocheirus. | |||||
Squamates
Newly named mosasaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Taniwhasaurus | Valid | Hector | Late Campanian | Conway Formation |  New Zealand |
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