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 1888.
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Newly named plants
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Smets |
Misidentified piece of petrified wood.[2] | |||
Dinosaurs
editPublications
edit- Richard Lydekker published a catalogue of reptiles in the British Museum of Natural History, their collection information, and their classification.[3]
Newly named taxa
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| Ceratops | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh | Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops. | |||
| Cumnoria | Valid | Harry Govier Seeley | A member of Ankylopollexia. |  | ||
| Pleurocoelus | Valid | Othniel Charles Marsh | A contested synonym for Astrodon.[4] | |||
| Priconodon | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh | ||||
Birds
editNew taxa
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| Neochen pugil | Valid | Oluf Winge | ||
Plesiosaurs
editNewly named plesiosaurs
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| Trinacromerum | Valid | Cragin |  | ||
Pterosaurs
editNew taxa
editSynapsids
editNon-mammalian
edit| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Images |
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| Palaeohatteria | Valid | Credner | |||
| Phocosaurus | Valid | Seeley |
See also
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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.
- ^ John Wright (2014). The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 47–49. ISBN 978-1-4088-2035-3.
- ^ Lydekker, R. (1888). Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia and Pterosauria. Taylor and Francis. pp. 247–248.
- ^ Rose, Peter J. (2007). "A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships". Palaeontologia Electronica. 10 (2).