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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 1878.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
An
orb-web spider egg sack
ichnogenus. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et Sp nov |
valid |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
A possibly
megalomine
[4]
hemerobiid lacewing. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
A
shield bug |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
A
holcorpid
scorpionfly |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
An
aphidoid of uncertain placement |
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Sp nov |
valid |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
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O. W. Lucas recovers more material which would be referred to Laelaps trihedrodon from Morrison Formation strata near Garden Park, Colorado. [7]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Possible synonym of Amphicotylus. [8] |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Tithonian) |
Unknown |
Moved to Maraapunisaurus fragillimus ( 2018). [9] |
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Gen nov |
jr synonym |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Junior synonym of Camptosaurus. |
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Gen nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Synonym of Allosaurus fragilis. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
A
diplodocine
diplodocid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
An
allosaurid theropod. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
possibly a synonym of
Stegosaurus. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
A dubious Neornithischine of uncertain placement. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Junior synonym of
Camarasaurus. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Gaudry |
Unknown |
A possible
pliosauroid |
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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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 1878.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
An
orb-web spider egg sack
ichnogenus. |
![]() (1890 illustration |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen et Sp nov |
valid |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
A possibly
megalomine
[4]
hemerobiid lacewing. |
![]() (1890 illustration) | |||
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
A
shield bug |
![]() (1890 illustration) | |||
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
A
holcorpid
scorpionfly |
![]() | |||||
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
An
aphidoid of uncertain placement |
![]() (1890 illustration) | |||
Sp nov |
valid |
? Ypresian |
Quesnel |
![]() (1890 illustration) |
O. W. Lucas recovers more material which would be referred to Laelaps trihedrodon from Morrison Formation strata near Garden Park, Colorado. [7]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Possible synonym of Amphicotylus. [8] |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Tithonian) |
Unknown |
Moved to Maraapunisaurus fragillimus ( 2018). [9] |
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Gen nov |
jr synonym |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Junior synonym of Camptosaurus. |
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Gen nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Synonym of Allosaurus fragilis. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
A
diplodocine
diplodocid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
An
allosaurid theropod. |
||||||
Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
possibly a synonym of
Stegosaurus. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
A dubious Neornithischine of uncertain placement. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) |
Junior synonym of
Camarasaurus. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Gaudry |
Unknown |
A possible
pliosauroid |
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |