1882 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 1882.

List of years in paleontology (table)
In science
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1885

Diapsids

Newly named choristoderes
Name Status Authors Location Notes

Actiosaurus

Nomen dubium

Sauvage

A choristodere.[2]

Newly named ichthyosaurs
Name Status Authors Notes

Rachitrema

Nomen dubium

Sauvage

An ichthyosaur.[2]

Newly named dinosaurs
Name Status Authors Location Notes

Amphisaurus

Preoccupied.

Othniel Charles Marsh

Preoccupied by Barkas, 1870. Later renamed Anchisaurus.

Sphenospondylus

Nomen dubium

Harry Govier Seeley

An iguanodont.

Thecospondylus

Nomen dubium

Harry Govier Seeley

Synapsids

Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Edaphosaurus

Valid

 Cope 280 Million of years ago a Sail-Backed ProtoMammal.
Edaphosaurus

Paleontologists
  • The fossil collection of the recently deceased Reverend William Fox, which contained over 500 specimens, was bought by the trustees of the British Museum of Natural History.[3]
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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. https://www.academia.edu/4334787/Fischer_V_and_Goolaerts_S._2013._Shastasaurid_ichthyosaurs_and_other_lost_critters_from_the_French_Rhaetian%5B%5D
  3. Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.
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