1884 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 1884.
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Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
- J. B. Tyrell discovered a partial Albertosaurus skull near Kneehills Creek in Alberta Canada. This specimen is now catalogued as CMN 5600.[2]
Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
Scientific organizations
Scientific advances
Paleoanthropology
Paleobotany
Evolutionary biology
Exopaleontology
Extinction research
Micropaleontology
Invertebrate paleozoology
Trace fossils
Vertebrate paleozoology
| Pseudosuchians described in 1884 | ||||||||
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| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | ||
| Macelognathus | Valid | Othniel Charles Marsh | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) | Morrison Formation |  US |
A sphenosuchian crocodylomorph. | ||
| Prehistoric dinosaurs described in 1884 | ||||||||
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| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | ||
| Ceratosaurus | Valid | Othniel Charles Marsh | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) | Morrison Formation | US |
A ceratosaurid ceratosaur. | ||
| Dinodocus | Nomen dubium | Sir Richard Owen | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Hythe Formation |  UK |
A macronarian of unknown affinities | ||
| Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1884 | ||||||||
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| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | |
| Tritylodon | Valid | Owen | ||||||
| Plesiosaurs described in 1884 | ||||||||
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| Valid | Gurich | |||||||
Research techniques
Fossil trade
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Law and politics
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale
Official symbols
Protected areas
Ethics and practice
Hoaxes
Scandals
Unethical practice
People
Births
Awards and recognition
Deaths
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology
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Pseudoscience
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Popular culture
Amusement parks and attractions
Art
Comics
Film
Gaming
Literature
Philately
Television
See also
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- ↑ D. H. Tanke. 2010. Lost in plain sight: rediscovery of William E. Cutler's missing Eoceratops. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 541-550.
