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 1902.
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Plants
editFerns and allies
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
A Ctenopteris pinnule |
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Sp nov |
A Sagenopteris pinnule |
Conifers
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A douglas fir wood morphospecies |
Angiosperms
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
A Clintonia leaf morphospecies |
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Sp nov |
A green briar leaf morphospecies |
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Sp nov |
A viburnum leaf morphospecies |
Archosauromorphs
editNewly named phytosaurs
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Preoccupied |
A junior homonym of Rileya Ashmead, 1888 (hymenopteran). Renamed Rileyasuchus Kuhn, 1961. |
Newly named dinosaurs
editData courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | |
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Dacentrurus[5] | Gen. nov. | Valid taxon | Frederic Augustus Lucas | Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian | Kimmeridge Clay | France, Spain, Portugal, UK | A dacentrurine stegosaurid. New name for Omosaurus armatus Owen, 1875 non Leidy, 1856. | |
Didanodon[6] | Gen. nov. | Nomen nudum | Henry Fairfield Osborn | Late Cretaceous, Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Canada | A dubious hadrosaurid, possibly Lambeosaurus. Didanodon was a new genus name for Trachodon altidens Lambe, 1902. | |
Elosaurus parvus[7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Junior synonym | O.A. Peterson & Charles Whitney Gilmore | Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian | Morrison Formation | US | Genus is a junior synonym of Brontosaurus, while the species has been reassigned as Brontosaurus parvus. | |
Hoplitosaurus[5] | Gen. nov. | Valid taxon | Frederic Augustus Lucas | Early Cretaceous, Barremian | Lakota Formation | USA | New genus name for Stegosaurus marshi (Lucas, 1901). | |
Onychosaurus[8] |
gen et sp nov |
Nomen dubium |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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gen et sp nov |
Preoccupied |
Later renamed Euoplocephalus. |
Protorosaurs
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
jr synonym of Tanystropheus. |
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.
- ^ a b c d e f Penhallow, D. P. (1902). "Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of Canada.". Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 1902-03. 2. Vol. 8 (sect 4). Ottawa, Canada: Royal Society of Canada. pp. 31–91.
- ^ a b Huene, F. von. 1902. Ubersicht uber die Reptilien der Trias. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungne, n. f. 6 (1): 83 pages.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ a b Lucas, F.A. (1902). "Paleontological notes: The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi". Science. 16 (402): 435.
- ^ Osborn, H.F. (1902). "On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the Northwest Territory. I:Distinctive characters of the Mid-Cretaceous fauna". Contributions to Canadian Paleontology. 3 (4): 1–21.
- ^ Peterson, O.A.; Gilmore, C.W. (1902). "Elosaurus parvus a new genus and species of Sauropoda". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 1: 490–499.
- ^ Nopcsa, F. (1902). "Notizen uber Cretacische Dinosaurier (Mochlodon u. Onychosaurus)". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathnat. Kl. Wien. 39: 42–44.
- ^ a b Lambe, L.M. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Contrib. Canadian Palaeonto1. Geol. Surv. Can. 3: pp. 25-81.