1892 in paleontology
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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.
Mollusca
[edit]Newly named bivalves
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Sp nov |
Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota |
transferred to Similodonta in 1964 |
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Sp nov |
Lamont |
Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota |
transferred to Similodonta in 1964 |
Archosauromorphs
[edit]Newly named dinosaurs
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Plesiosaurs
[edit]New taxa
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Synapsids
[edit]Non-mammalian
[edit]Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Seeley |
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Newton |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.