1878 in paleontology

none 1878 paleontology science 1878 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAcer aequidentatumLesquereux L. 1878 Report on the fossil plants of the auriferous gravel deposits of the Sierra Nevada Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 6 2 1-62 pl.1-10 10.5962/bhl.title.15853sp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA maple species.Acer bolanderisp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA maple species.Aralia angustilobasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a spikenard species.Moved to Platanophyllum angustiloba in 1941.MacGinitie H.D. 1941 A Middle Eocene flora from the central Sierra Nevada Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 534 1–178, pl. 1–48 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822012272068 Moved to Macginitiea angustiloba in 1986.Manchester S.R. 1986 Vegetative and reproductive morphology of an extinct plane tree (Platanaceae) from the Eocene of western North America Botanical Gazette 147 2 200–226 10.1086/337587 83715341 Aralia whitneyisp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a spikenard species.Moved to Platanophyllum whitneyi in 1941. Moved to Macginitiea whitneyi in 1986.Betula aequalissp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a birch relative.Moved to Acalypha aequalis in 1941.Castanopsis chrysophylloidessp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as an chinquapin species.Moved to Tabernaemontana chrysophylloides in 1941.Cercocarpus antiquussp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA mountain mahogany species.Cornus kelloggiisp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA dogwood species.Cornus ovalissp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA dogwood species.Fagus pseudoferrugineasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA beech tree species.Ficus microphyllasp novjr homonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA fig species.A jr homonym of Ficus microphylla Salzm. ex Miq., 1853Moved to replacement name Ficus mensae in 1910.Cockerell T.D.A. 1910 The Miocene trees of the Rocky Mountains American Naturalist 44 517 31–47 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43324032Ficus sordidasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a fig species.Moved to Phytocrene sordida in 1941.Ilex prunifoliasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA holly species.Juglans californicasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a walnut species.A jr homonym of Juglans californica S. Watson, 1875 Moved to Juglans leonis in 1908.Moved to Canarium leonis in 1952.LaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51Juglans egregiasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a walnut species.Moved to Carya egregia in 1936.LaMotte R.S. 1936 The upper Cedarville flora of northwestern Nevada and adjacent California Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 455 59–142, pl. 1–14 https://yadi.sk/i/ReD80xSsFCXjzA Moved to Gordonia egregia in 1941.Juglans laurineasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a walnut species.Moved to Phyllites laurineus in 1941. Moved to Sageretia laurinea in 1977.Wolfe J.A. 1977 Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 997 1–108 10.3133/pp997 freeJuglans oregonianasp novvalidLesquereuxEocene?Mascall FormationUSOregonA walnut species.Liquidambar californicasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA sweet gum species.Magnolia californicasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA Magnolia species.Magnolia lanceolatasp novjr homonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA Magnolia species.A jr homonym of Magnolia lanceolata Link, 1829Moved to replacement name Magnolia dayana in 1910.Persea pseudocarolinensissp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn avacado species.Platanus appendiculatasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA sycamore species.Platanus dissectasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA sycamore species.Quercus bowenianasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn oak species.Quercus convexasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as an oak species.Moved to Castanopsis convexa in 1935.Brooks B.W. 1935 Fossil plants from Sucker Creek, Idaho Annals of the Carnegie Museum 24 275–336 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52416172 Moved to Chrysolepis convexa in 1985.Axelrod D.I. 1985 Miocene floras from the Middlegate Basin, West-Central Nevada University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 129 1–280Quercus distinctasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn oak species.Quercus elaenoidessp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as an oak species.Moved to Nyssa elaenoides in 1944.Condit C. 1944 The Table Mountain flora Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 553 57–90, pl. 13–21 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024038187Quercus goeppertiisp novjr homonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as an oak species.A jr homonym of Quercus goeppertii O. Weber, 1852Moved to replacement name Alnus operia in 1941.Quercus nevadensissp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn oak species.Quercus pseudochrysophyllasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn oak species.Quercus pseudolyratasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn oak species.Quercus transgressussp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn oak species.Quercus voyanasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as an oak species.Moved to Hamamelites voyana in 1941.Rhus bowenianasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA sumac relative.Rhus dispersasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a sumac species.Moved to Quercus dispersa in 1939.Axelrod D.I. 1939 A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 516 1–129 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001639456Rhus metopioidessp novjr homonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA sumac relative.A jr homonym of Rhus metopioides Turcz., 1858Moved to replacement name Rhus mensae in 1941.Rhus mixtasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a sumac species.Moved to Koelreuteria mixta in 1946.Brown R.W. 1946 Alterations in some fossil and living floras Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36 10 344–355Rhus myricaefoliasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a sumac species.Moved to Thouinopsis myricaefolia in 1941.Rhus typhinoidessp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a sumac species.Moved to Carya typhinoides in 1944.Sabalites californicussp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA palm relative.Salix californicasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA willow species.Salix ellipticasp novjr homonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a willow species.A jr homonym of Salix elliptica Schleich. ex Ser., 1815Moved to replacement name Salix merriamii in 1908.Cockerell T.D.A. 1908 Descriptions of Tertiary plants II American Journal of Science 4 26 156 537–544 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40245917Ulmus affinissp novjr homonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn elm species.A jr homonym of Ulmus affinis Massal., 1853Ulmus californicasp novvalidLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaAn elm species.Ulmus pseudofulvasp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as an elm species.Moved to Chaetoptelea pseudofulva in 1941.Zanthoxylum diversifoliumsp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a Sichuan pepper species.Moved to Fagara diversifolia in 1908. Zizyphus microphyllussp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaA jujube species.A jr homonym of Zizyphus microphyllus Roxb., 1824Synonymized into Cercidiphyllum piperoides in 1952.LaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51Ziziphus piperoidessp novjr synonymLesquereuxEoceneYpresianIone FormationUSCaliforniaFirst described as a jujube species.Moved to Cercidiphyllum piperoides in 1952.Moved to Tetracentron piperoides in 1977 thumb|center|upright|Tetracentron piperoides Arthropods Newly named arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAranea columbiaeScudder S. H 1878 Additions to the Insect-fauna of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel, British Columbia Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1876-1877 457–464Sp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn orb-web spider egg sack ichnogenus. moved to Araneaovoius columbiae (2011).Dunlop J.A. Braddy S.J. 2011 Cteniza bavincourti and the nomenclature of arachnid-related trace fossils The Journal of Arachnology 39 250–257thumb|center|upright|Araneaovoius columbiae(1890 illustration Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBothromicromusGen et Sp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA possibly megalomineMakarkin V. Wedmann S. Weiterschan T. 2016 A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family Zootaxa 4179 3 345–370 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.2 hemerobiid lacewing.Type species B. lachlanithumb|center|upright|Bothromicromus lachlani(1890 illustration)Euschistus antiquusSp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA shield bugmoved to Teleoschistus antiquus (1890).Scudder S. H. 1890 The Tertiary insects of North America. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Washington 615 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97070#page/640/mode/2upthumb|center|upright|Teleoschistus antiquus(1890 illustration)HolcorpaArchibald SB 2010 Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46 1-2 173–182 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654 http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CArchibald_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_173_182_compact.pdf free 2015-06-01 2014-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063942/http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CArchibald_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_173_182_compact.pdf dead Gen et sp novvalidScudderEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationUSAColoradoA holcorpid scorpionfly The type species is H. maculosa.thumb|center|upright|Holcorpa maculosaLachnus quesneliSp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn aphidoid of uncertain placement Moved to Sbenaphis quesneli (1890).thumb|center|upright|Sbenaphis quesneli(1890 illustration)Sciara deperditaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA sciarine dark-winged fungus gnat.thumb|center|upright|Sciara deperdita(1890 illustration) Archosauromorphs O. W. Lucas recovers more material which would be referred to Laelaps trihedrodon from Morrison Formation strata near Garden Park, Colorado."Introduction," Chure (2001) page 11. Newly named pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Symphyrophus Nomen dubiumCopeLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAPossible synonym of Amphicotylus.Osborn, H.F., and Mook, C. C. (1921). "Camarasaurus, Amphicoelias and other sauropods of Cope." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History NS, 3(3): 249–387. Newly named dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Amphicoelias fragillimus Sp novJr. synonymMarshLate Jurassic (Tithonian)UnknownUSAMoved to Maraapunisaurus fragillimus (2018).Carpenter K. 2018 Maraapunisaurus fragillimus, n.g. (formerly Amphicoelias fragillimus), a basal Rebbachisaurid from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Colorado Geology of the Intermountain West en-US 5 9 227–244 2380-7601thumb|center|upright|Maraapunisaurus fragillimusBrachyrophusGen nov jr synonym CopeLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAJunior synonym of Camptosaurus.thumb|center|upright|Camptosaurus dispar Creosaurus Gen nov Junior synonymMarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSASynonym of Allosaurus fragilis.thumb|center|upright|Allosaurus fragilis DiplodocusGen et sp nov ValidMarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAA diplodocine diplodocid.Type species D. longusthumb|center|upright|Diplodocus carnegii EpanteriasGen et sp nov Nomen dubiumCopeLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAColoradoAn allosaurid theropod.Possibly a synonym of Allosaurus. Type species E. amplexus HypsirhophusGen et sp nov Nomen dubiumCopeLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAColoradopossibly a synonym of Stegosaurus. Type species H. discurus LaosaurusGen et sp nov Nomen dubiumMarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAColoradoA dubious Neornithischian of uncertain placement.thumb|center|upright|Laosaurus MorosaurusGen et sp nov Jr. synonymMarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAColoradoJunior synonym of Camarasaurus. Type species M. grandisthumb|center|upright|Camarasaurus lentus Plesiosaurs Newly named plesiosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images EurysaurusGen et sp nov Valid GaudryEarly JurassicUnknownFranceA possible pliosauroidType species E. raincourti Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDimetrodonValidUSATexasthumb|center|upright|Dimetrodon incisivumEmbolophorusValidOphiacodonValidSphenacodonValidTheropleuraValid Footnotes References Chure Daniel J. 2001 On the type and referred material of Laelaps trihedrodon Cope 1877 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Tanke, Darren Carpenter, Kenneth Mesozoic Vertebrate Life Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis 10–18 0-253-33907-3 https://archive.org/details/mesozoicvertebra0000unse/page/10 Category:1870s in paleontology Paleontology, 1878 In