1888 in paleontology

List of years 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 1888.

Newly named plants

Name Status Authors Notes

Aachenosaurus

Valid.

Smets

Misidentified piece of petrified wood.

Dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Ceratops Nomen dubium Othniel Charles Marsh Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops.
Pleurocoelus.
Cumnoria Valid Harry Govier Seeley A member of Ankylopollexia.
Pleurocoelus Valid Othniel Charles Marsh
Priconodon Nomen dubium Othniel Charles Marsh

Plesiosaurs

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Trinacromerum Valid Cragin
Trinacromerum.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes
Ptenodracon Valid Lydekker

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes
Palaeohatteria
Phocosaurus Valid Seeley

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.
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