1886 in paleontology

none 1886 paleontology science 1886 Plants Superasterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPatzea johnianaConwentz H.W. Die Angiospermen des Bernsteins 1886 Göppert J.H.R. Menge F.A. Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing 2 1-140 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22730429Comb novjr synonym(Göppert & Berendt) ConwentzEoceneLutetian-PriabonianBaltic AmberEuropeBaltic Sea CoastPatzea gentoides Casp. (1872)Caspary J.X.R. 1872 Einige in Bernstein eingeschlossene fossile Zweige einer untergegangenen Gnetaceen-Gattung. Schriften der Königlichen Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 13 2 20–21 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35474658Identified as a loranthaceous mistletoe relative.First named as Ephedrites johnianus (1845)Göppert J.H.R. Berendt G.C. 1845 Der Bernstein und die in ihm befindlichen Pflanzenreste der Vorwelt Nicolaische Buchhandlung Berlin 1(1) 1-125 10.5962/bhl.title.66910 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42425838 2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t03z00r64 free Moved from Ephedra johniana (1853)Göppert J.H.R. 1853 Über die Bernsteinflora Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Berlin 1853 450–476 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35474658 Moved to Arceuthobium johnianum (2017).Sadowski E. M. Seyfullah L. J. Wilson C. A. Calvin C. L. Schmidt A. R. 2017 Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota American Journal of Botany 104 5 694-718thumb|center|upright|Arceuthobium johnianumPatzea mengeanaComb novjr synonym(Göppert) ConwentzEoceneLutetian-PriabonianBaltic AmberEuropeBaltic Sea CoastIdentified as a loranthaceous mistletoe relative.Moved from Ephedra mengeana (1883)Göppert J.H.R. Von den Bernstein-Coniferen, insbesondere auch in ihren Beziehungen zu den Coniferen der Gegenwart 1883 Göppert J.H.R. Menge F.A. Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing 1 1-63 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22667564 DE Moved to Arceuthobium mengeanum (2017).Sadowski E. M. Seyfullah L. J. Wilson C. A. Calvin C. L. Schmidt A. R. 2017 Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota American Journal of Botany 104 5 694-718thumb|center|upright|Arceuthobium mengeanum Angiosperms Superasterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesStewartia kowalewskiiSadowski E.-M. Hofmann C.-C. The largest amber-preserved flower revisited 2023 Scientific Reports 13 1 17 10.1038/s41598-022-24549-z 36635320 9837116 free Sp novJr synonym(Casp.) Sadowski & HofmannEocenePriabonianBaltic AmberEuropeA Symplocaceous flower species. Moved to Symplocos kowalewskii in 2023).thumb|center|upright|Symplocos kowalewskii Ichthyosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesIchthyosaurus cornalianusValidBassaniLate Triassic (Carnian)Besano FormationItalyType species of the mixosaurid genus Mixosaurus Baur, 1887. Archosaurs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesTribelesodonJunior synonymBassaniLate TriassicItalyJunior synonym of Tanystropheus, a member of Protorosauria. New pseudosuchian taxa Name Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesPallimnarchus pollensDe Vis C.W. Charles Walter De Vis 1886 On remains of an extinct saurian Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2 181–191Nomen dubiumDe VisPlioceneDarling DownsAustraliaPallimnarchus was informally named, but the name acquired widespread use. The syntype material consisted of multiple individuals of different crocodilian species and a later erected lectotype was lost. It was eventually declared a nomen dubium, with much of the material transferred into the genus Paludirex.Ristevski J. Yates A.M. Price G.J. Molnar R.E. Ralph E. Molnar Weisbecker V. Salisbury S.W. 2020 Australia's prehistoric 'swamp king': revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886 PeerJ 8 e10466 10.7717/peerj.10466 33391869 7759136 free thumb|The lectotype of Pallimnarchus, B shows the only parts still known. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHaptodusValidGaudryEarly PermianMillery Formation FranceNaosaurusInvalidCopeEarly PermianRed bedsUSA References Paleontology