1886 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 1886.
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Flowering plants
Superasterids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
(Casp.) Sadowski & Hofmann |
A Symplocaceous flower species. |
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Ichthyosaurs
New taxa
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
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Bassani |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
Type species of the mixosaurid genus Mixosaurus Baur, 1887. | |||
Archosaurs
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | |
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Bassani |
Junior synonym of Tanystropheus, a member of Protorosauria. | ||||||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gaudry |
Millery Formation |
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Invalid |
Red beds |
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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.
- Sadowski, E.-M.; Hofmann, C.-C. (2023). "The largest amber-preserved flower revisited". Scientific Reports. 13 (1). 17. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-24549-z. PMC 9837116. PMID 36635320.