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 1891.
Arthropods
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil myrmicine ant, |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A myrmicine ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A myrmicine ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
An ectatommine ant. |
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|
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
A myrmicine ant. |
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|
Sp nov |
valid |
A formicine ant. |
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|
Sp nov |
valid |
A ponerine ant. |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
Possible jr. synonym |
Possible junior subjective synonym of Thecodontosaurus. |
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Gen nov |
synonym |
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Gen et comb nov |
a possible basal coelurosaurian |
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Gen et comb nov |
Type species S. flabellatus |
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Gen et 2 sp |
Valid |
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Newly named birds
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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 c d e f g Emery, C. (1891). "Le formiche dell'ambra Siciliana nel Museo Mineralogico dell'Università di Bologna" [The ants of Sicilian amber in the Mineralogical Museum of the University of Bologna]. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (in Italian). 5: 141–165. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.
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