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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 1888.
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Smets |
Misidentified piece of petrified wood. [2] |
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Ceratops | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh | Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops. | |||
Cumnoria | Valid | Harry Govier Seeley | A member of Ankylopollexia. | |||
Pleurocoelus | Valid | Othniel Charles Marsh | A contested synonym for Astrodon. [4] | |||
Priconodon | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh |
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Neochen pugil | Valid | Oluf Winge |
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Trinacromerum | Valid | Cragin |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Images |
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Palaeohatteria | Valid | Credner | |||
Phocosaurus | Valid | Seeley |
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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 1888.
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Smets |
Misidentified piece of petrified wood. [2] |
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Ceratops | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh | Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops. | |||
Cumnoria | Valid | Harry Govier Seeley | A member of Ankylopollexia. | |||
Pleurocoelus | Valid | Othniel Charles Marsh | A contested synonym for Astrodon. [4] | |||
Priconodon | Nomen dubium | Othniel Charles Marsh |
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Neochen pugil | Valid | Oluf Winge |
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images | |
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Trinacromerum | Valid | Cragin |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Images |
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Palaeohatteria | Valid | Credner | |||
Phocosaurus | Valid | Seeley |