1893 in paleontology

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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 1893.

Arthropods edit

Newly named insects edit

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bothriomyrmex goepperti^[2]	Comb nov	Jr synonym	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Iridomyrmex goepperti in 1915, jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goepperti	Ctenobethylus goepperti
Dolichoderus balticus^[2]	Comb nov	valid	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea balticus	Dolichoderus balticus
Dolichoderus cornutus^[2]	Comb nov	valid	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea cornuta	Dolichoderus cornutus
Dolichoderus longipennis^[2]	Comb nov	Valid	Mayr	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea longipennis	Dolichoderus longipennis
Dolichoderus sculpturata^[2]	Comb nov	Valid	Mayr	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea sculpturata	Dolichoderus sculpturatus
Dolichoderus tertiaria^[2]	Comb nov	Valid	Mayr	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea tertiaria	Dolichoderus tertiarius
Iridomyrmex haueri^[3]	Sp nov	Synonym	(Mayr, 1868)	Burdigalian	Radoboj	Croatia	A dolichoderine ant. synonym of Emplastus haueri

Fish edit

Newly named Ray-finned fish edit

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Amyzon brevipinne^[4]^[5]	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Cope	Early Eocene	Allenby Formation	Canada ( British Columbia)	A catostomid sucker fish. Moved to Wilsonium brevipinne (2021).

Archosauromorphs edit

Newly named dinosaurs edit

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Argyrosaurus	Valid	Richard Lydekker	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)	Bajo Barreal Formation	Argentina	Nomen dubium
Microcoelus	Nomen dubium	Richard Lydekker	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	Possible subjective synonym of Neuquensaurus.
Sarcolestes	Valid	Richard Lydekker	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Oxford Clay	United Kingdom	An ankylosaur.

Plesiosaurs edit

New taxa edit

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pantosaurus	Gent et comb nov	Valid	Marsh	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Sundance Formation	United States	A cryptoclidid

Synapsids edit

Non-mammalian edit

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Callibrachion	Gen et sp nov	valid	Boule and Glangeau	Late Carboniferous-Early Permian		France	A basal Caseidae; Type species C. gaudryi	Callibrachion gaudryi
Gordonia	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Newton	Late Permian	Lossiemouth Sandstone	Scotland	A dicynodont. Type species G. traquairi	Gordonia traquairi

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 Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 56–59.
^ Dlussky, G.M.; Putyatina, T.S. (2014). "Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (3): 237–285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.
^ Cope, E. (1893). "Fossil fishes from British Columbia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 45: 401–402.
^ Liu, J. (2021). "Redescription of "Amyzon" brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (9): 677–689. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1968966.

[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.

[Wheeler1915-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 56–59.

[Dlussky2014-3] Dlussky, G.M.; Putyatina, T.S. (2014). "Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (3): 237–285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.

[Cope1874-4] Cope, E. (1893). "Fossil fishes from British Columbia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 45: 401–402.

[5] Liu, J. (2021). "Redescription of "Amyzon" brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (9): 677–689. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1968966.

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