1890 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 1890.

List of years in paleontology (table)
In science
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893

Plants

Angiosperms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Carpolithes dentatus[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Penhallow (in Dawson)

Ypresian

"Stump lake"

 Canada
 British Columbia

A small betulaceous fruit;
moved to Palaeocarpinus dentatus in 2003

Pteridophyta

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Azollophyllum primaevum[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Penhallow

Ypresian

Allenby Formation

 Canada

moved to Azolla primaeva in 1955

Archosauromorphs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes

Suchodus[4]

Valid

Richard Lydekker

Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

Oxford Clay Formation

 France
 UK

A metriorhynchid thalattosuchian.

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Barosaurus

Valid

Othniel Charles Marsh

Kimmeridgian-Tithonian

Morrison Formation

A very long-necked diplodocid.

Claosaurus

Valid

Othniel Charles Marsh

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian)

Niobrara Formation

 United States

A hadrosaur.

Ornithomimus

Valid

Othniel Charles Marsh

Late Cretaceous (Lancian)

Lance Formation

 United States  Canada

An ornithomimid.

Sauropterygia

New taxa

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes

Anarosaurus

Valid

Dames

Middle Triassic

Karlstadt Formation
Lower Muschelkalk

 Germany
 Netherlands

A pachypleurosaur.

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. Pigg, K.B.; Manchester S.R.; Wehr W.C. (2003). "Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164 (5): 807–822. doi:10.1086/376816.
  3. Arnold, C.A. (1955). "A Tertiary Azolla from British Columbia" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of. Paleontology, University of Michigan. 12 (4): 37–45.
  4. Lydekker, R. 1890, Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV. Containing the orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodonta, and Supplement, p. 1-295.
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