1892 in paleontology

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 1892.

Mollusca

Newly named bivalves

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Tellinomya similis.^[2]	Sp nov	synonym	Ulrich	Ashgillian	Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota	USA	transferred to Similodonta in 1964
Tellinomya recurva.^[2]	Sp nov	synonym	Lamont	Ashgillian	Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota	USA	transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Dinosaurs

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Claosaurus annectens^[3]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Marsh	Maastrichtian	Laramie Formation	Wyoming	A new species of Claosaurus later named Edmontosaurus annectens
Claorhynchus trihedrus^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Cope	Maastrichtian	Laramie Formation	Wyoming	Possible synonym of Triceratops
Iguanodon hilli^[5]	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Newton	Cenomanian	Hertfordshire	England	A species of Iguanodon
Manospondylus gigas^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Cope	Maastrichtian	Laramie Formation	Wyoming	Possible subjective synonym of Tyrannosaurus
Ornithomimus sedens^[3]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Marsh	Maastrichtian	Laramie Formation	Wyoming	A species of Ornithomimus

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Cryptocleidus	Valid	Seeley

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors
Delphinognathus	Valid	Seeley
Diopaeus
Geikia	Valid	Newton

References

^ 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 Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.
^ ^a ^b Marsh, O.C. (1892). "Notice of new reptiles from the Laramie Formation". American Journal of Science. 43: 449–453.
^ ^a ^b Cope, E.D. (1892). "Fourth note on the Dinosauria of the Laramie". The American Naturalist. 26: 756–758.
^ Newton, E.T. (1892). "Note on an iguanodont tooth from the lower Chalk ("Totternhoe Stone"), near Hitchin". Geological Magazine. New Series, Decade III. 9: 49–50.

[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.

[Cope1999-2] Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.

[marsh1892-3] Marsh, O.C. (1892). "Notice of new reptiles from the Laramie Formation". American Journal of Science. 43: 449–453.

[cope1892-4] Cope, E.D. (1892). "Fourth note on the Dinosauria of the Laramie". The American Naturalist. 26: 756–758.

[newton1892-5] Newton, E.T. (1892). "Note on an iguanodont tooth from the lower Chalk ("Totternhoe Stone"), near Hitchin". Geological Magazine. New Series, Decade III. 9: 49–50.

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