1878 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1878.
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Arthropods
Newly named insects
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A scorpionfly, type sp. H. maculosa |
Archosauromorphs
O. W. Lucas recovers more material which would be referred to Laelaps trihedrodon from Morrison Formation strata near Garden Park, Colorado.[3]
Newly named pseudosuchians
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Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Possibly a synonym of Amphicotylus.[4] |
Newly named dinosaurs
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Plesiosaurs
Newly named plesiosaurs
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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Footnotes
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- ↑ "Introduction," Chure (2001) page 11.
- ↑ Osborn, H.F., and Mook, C. C. (1921). "Camarasaurus, Amphicoelias and other sauropods of Cope." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History NS, 3(3): 249–387.
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