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none 1868 paleontology science 1868 Arthropoda Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Astacus politusvon der Marck W. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Palaeontographica_15_0269-0305.pdf Neue fische und krebse aus der kreide von Westphalen Schlüter C. 1868 Palaeontographica Stuttgart 269–305 39999779 Sp novJr synonym SchlüterEarly CretaceousBückeberg Formation GermanyMoved to the genus Protastacus in 1983. Enoploclytia paucispina Sp novValidSchlüterGermanyAn erymid. EurycarpusGen et sp novValidSchlüterGermanyA decapod, type species is E. nanodactylus.Hoploparia macrodactylaSp novValidSchlüterGermanyA lobsterNecrocarcinus senonensisSp novValidSchlüterGermanyA necrocarcinid.Palaeocorystes laevisSp novJr synonymSchlüterLate Cretaceous (Upper Santonian)GermanyMoved to Bournelyreidus in 2012.Squilla cretaceaSp novValidSchlüterCretaceousGermanyA mantis shrimp Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAphaenogaster berendtiWheeler W. M. 1915 The ants of the Baltic amber Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg 55 4 56–59Sp novjr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeA myrmicine ant. Moved to Stenamma berendti in 1915thumb|center|upright|Stenamma berendtiAphaenogaster sommerfeldtiSp novvalid MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeA myrmicine ant. thumb|center|upright|Aphaenogaster sommerfeldtiCamponotus constrictusSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil formicine ant., moved to Formica constrictus in 1915 Synonym of Cataglyphoides constrictusthumb|center|upright|Cataglyphoides constrictusCamponotus mengeiSp novvalid MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil formicine ant.thumb|center|upright|Camponotus mengeiEnneamerusGen et 2 sp novvalid MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeA myrmecine ant. 2 speciesthumb|center|upright|Enneamerus reticulatusFormica floriSp novvalid MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil formicine ant thumb|center|upright|Formica floriHypoclinea balticusSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus balticus in 1893 thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus balticusHypoclinea constrictaSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Yantaromyrmex constricta thumb|center|upright|Yantaromyrmex constrictaHypoclinea cornutaSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus cornutus in 1893 thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus cornutusHypoclinea geinitziSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Yantaromyrmex geinitzi thumb|center|upright|Yantaromyrmex geinitziHypoclinea goeppertiSp novJr synonymMayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Bothriomyrmex goepperti in 1893, jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goeppertithumb|center|upright|Ctenobethylus goeppertiHypoclinea longipennisSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus longipennis in 1893thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus longipennisHypoclinea sculpturataSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus sculpturata in 1893thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus sculpturatusHypoclinea tertiariaSp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus tertiaria in 1893thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus tertiariusMyrmica duisburgisp novjr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Agroecomyrmecine ant, moved to Agroecomyrmex duisburgi in 1910 thumb|center|upright|Myrmica duisburgiPheidologeton antiquussp novjr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil myrmicine ant, moved to Aeromyrma antiqua in 1891 Synonym of Carebara antiqua thumb|center|upright|Carebara antiquaPonera succineaSp novjr synonymMayrMiddle EoceneBaltic AmberEuropeA ponerine ant, moved to Pachycondyla succinea in 1995thumb|center|upright|Pachycondyla succineaPrenolepis pygmaeaLaPolla J.S. Dlussky G.M. 2010 Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112 2 258-273Sp novJr synonym MayrMiddle EoceneEuropean amberEuropeFossil formicine ant, jr synonym of Nylanderia pygmaea thumb|center|upright|Nylanderia pygmaeaStigmomyrmexGen et sp novvalid MayrMiddle EoceneEuropean amberEuropeA myrmicin ant. Type species S. venustusthumb|center|upright|Stigmomyrmex venustus Archosauromorphs Dinosaurs Leidy collaborated with artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins to mount Hadrosaurus foulkii for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This became both the first mounted dinosaur skeleton ever mounted for public display and also one of the most popular exhibits in the history of the academy. Estimates have the Hadrosaurus exhibit as increasing the number of visitors by up to 50%.weishampel-young-1996 Weishampel David B. Young L. Dinosaurs of the East Coast Johns Hopkins University Press 1996 9780801852169 https://archive.org/details/dinosaursofeastc00weis registration 71 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Aublysodon Gen et sp novNomen dubium LeidyLate CretaceousJudith River Formation USA (Montana)Possible subjective synonym of Albertosaurus or Deinodon. thumb|center|150px|Aublysodon may be a synonym of Albertosaurus. Diplotomodon Gen novNomen dubiumLeidyLate CretaceousNavesink Formation or Hornerstown FormationUSA (New Jersey)Possible subjective synonym of Dryptosaurus. Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Notes Elasmosaurus Valid Cope Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPristerodonValidHuxley References Category:1860s in paleontology Paleontology, 1868 In