1872 in paleontology

none 1872 paleontology science 1872 Plants Gnetophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPatzea gentoidesCaspary 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/35474658Gen et sp novjr synonymCasp.EoceneLutetian-PriabonianBaltic AmberEuropeBaltic Sea CoastIdentified as an Ephedra relative.Type species P. gentoidesSynonymized with Patzea johniana (1886)Conwentz 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/22730429P. johniana 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 johnianum Molluscs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images ScenellaBillings E. On some fossils from the primordial rocks of Newfoundland The Canadian Naturalist 1872 6 4 465–479 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3338261;view=1up;seq=485 2nd series Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Billings Cambrian Brigus Formation Canada(Newfoundland and Labrador) The type species is S. reticulata. Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Agathaumas Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Lance Formation Wyoming Dubious ceratopsid Colonosaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Marsh Santonian Niobrara Formation Kansas Misidentified as a marine reptile, before association with body of Ichthyornis recognized Eucamerotus Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Hulke Barremian Wessex Formation England Later given the type species E. foxi Hadrosaurus agilisMarsh O.C. 1872 Notice of a new species of Hadrosaurus American Journal of Science and Arts 3 301 Sp. nov. Valid Marsh Santonian Niobrara Formation Kansas Later given the genus name Claosaurus Tylosteus Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Leidy Maastrichtian Lance Formation Montana Suppressed synonym of Pachycephalosaurus Other animals Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aspidella Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Billings Ediacaran Canada(Newfoundland and Labrador) A discoid fossil of uncertain affinity. The type species is A. terranovica. 150px References Category:1870s in paleontology Paleontology, 1872 In