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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp nov |
Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota |
transferred to Similodonta in 1964 |
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Sp nov |
Lamont |
Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota |
transferred to Similodonta in 1964 |
Dinosaurs
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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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.
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