1883 in paleontology

none 1883 paleontology science 1883 Plants Gnetophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesEphedra mengeanaGöppert 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 DESp novjr synonymGöppert in Göppert & MengeEoceneLutetian-PriabonianBaltic AmberEuropeBaltic Sea CoastIdentified as a gnetophyte relative.Moved from Ephedra mengeana (1883)Conwentz H.W. Die Angiospermen des Bernsteins 1886 Göppert J.H.R. Menge F.A. Die Flora des Bersion-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing 2 1-140 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22730429 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 Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPorana speiriiManchester S.R. 1992 Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America American Journal of Botany 79 9 996–1008 10.2307/2444909 2444909 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250270253Sp novjr synonymLesquereuxlate EoceneFlorissant FormationUnited StatesColoradoA mallow relative. moved to Holmskioldia speirii (1953) thumb|center|upright|Florissantia speirii Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCraspedodonGen. et sp. nov.Nomen dubiumDolloSantonianGlauconie de Lonzée FormationBelgiumAn early ceratopsianthumb|center|upright|Craspedodon lonzeensisMegalosaurus bredaiSp. nov.ValidSeeleyMaastrichtianMaastricht FormationNetherlandsFirst named as a megalosauridMoved to Betasuchus bredai (1932)February 2025thumb|center|upright|Betasuchus bredaiOrthomerusSeeley H.G. 1883 On the dinosaurs from the Maastricht bed Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 39 1–4 246–253 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1883.039.01-04.19 1883QJGS...39..246S Gen. et sp. nov.Nomen dubiumSeeleyMaastrichtianMaastricht FormationNetherlandsA hadrosaurid relativethumb|center|upright|Orthomerus dolloi Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Notes Luetkesaurus Nomen dubium Kiprijanoff See also Paleontology References