1879 in paleontology

none 1879 paleontology science 1879 Plants Ferns Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesEquisetum similkamenseDawson J. W. 1879 Appendix B. List of tertiary plants in the southern part of British Columbia, with the description of a new species of Equisetum Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 187 Dawson Brothers Montreal, QuebecSp novvalidDawsonYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA scouring rush thumb|center|upright|Equisetum similkamense Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesBuprestis saxigenaScudder S. H 1879 Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175–185Sp novvalidScudderYpresianColdwater BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaA jewel beetlethumb|center|upright|Buprestis saxigena (1890 illustration)Buprestis sepultaSp novvalidScudderYpresianColdwater BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaA jewel beetlethumb|center|upright|Buprestis sepulta (1890 illustration)Buprestis tertiariaSp novvalidScudderYpresianColdwater BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaA jewel beetlethumb|center|upright|Buprestis tertiaria (1890 illustration)Cercopis selwyniSp novvalidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA froghopperthumb|center|upright|Cercopis selwyni (1890 illustration)Cercyon? terrigenaSp novvalidScudderYpresianColdwater BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaA water scavenger beetlethumb|center|upright|Cercyon? terrigena(1890 illustration)Coelidia columbianaSp novvalidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA leafhopperthumb|center|upright|Coelidia columbiana (1890 illustration)Hygrotrechus staliSp novjr synonymScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA gerrine water stridermoved to Telmatrechus stali (1890) moved to "Gerris" stali (1910)Handlirsch A. 1910 Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2 3 93-129 returned to Telmatrechus stali (1998)Andersen N.M. 1998 Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha) Biologiske Skrifter 50 1-157thumb|center|upright|Telmatrechus stali(1890 illustration)Nebria paleomelasSp novvalidScudderYpresianColdwater BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaA ground beetle thumb|center|upright|Nebria paleomelas(1890 illustration)Penthetria similkameenaSp novJr synonymScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA plecian marchfly moved to Plecia similkameena (1885)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|Plecia similkameenaPlanophlebiaGen et sp novJr synonymScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA hemipteran of uncertain placementSzwedo J. Lefebvre F. 2004 Fossil planthoppers of the world (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). An annotated catalogue with notes on Hemiptera classification. Studio, 1. 48–49 Warszawa 83-912236-8-Xthumb|center|upright|Planophlebia gigantea(1890 illustration)Tenebrio primigeniusSp novvalidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA darkling beetlethumb|center|upright|Tenebrio primigenius(1890 illustration)Trox oustaletiSp novvalidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA hide beetlethumb|center|upright|Trox oustaleti(1890 illustration) Ichthyosauromorpha Ichthyosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images SauranodonGen novJunior homonymMarshLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Sundance FormationUnited StatesWyomingPreoccupied by Sauranodon Jourdan, 1862; renamed Baptanodon Marsh, 1880.thumb|center|upright|Baptanodon natans Archosauromorphs Newly named non-avian dinosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes AnoplosaurusSeeley, H. G., 1879, On the Dinosauria of the Cambridge Greensand: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 35, p. 591-636. Valid Harry Govier Seeley middle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian)Cambridge GreensandUnited KingdomA nodosaurid ankylosaur, a member of Struthiosaurinae. The type species is A. curtonotus. Brontosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSAn apatosaurine diplodocid. Camptonotus Preoccupied.Othniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSPreoccupied by Uhler, 1864. Later renamed Camptosaurus. CoelurusMarsh, O. C., 1879. Notice of New Jurassic Reptiles: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 18, p. 501-505. ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSA basal coelurosaur. The type species is Coelurus fragilis. Eucercosaurus Nomen dubiumHarry Govier Seeleymiddle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian)Cambridge GreensandUnited KingdomAn dubious ornithopod. LabrosaurusMarsh, O. C., 1879. Principal Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs. Part II: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 17, p. 86-92. ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSJunior subjective synonym of Allosaurus. The type species is Allosaurus lucaris Marsh, 1878. Syngonosaurus Nomen dubiumHarry Govier Seeleymiddle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian)Cambridge GreensandUnited KingdomA dubious ornithopod. The type species is S. macrocercus. VectisaurusHulke, J. W., 1879, Vectisaurus valdensis, a new Wealden Dinosaur: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 35, p. 421-424. Nomen dubiumHulkeearly Cretaceous (Barremian)Wessex FormationUnited KingdomA dubious iguanodont. The type species is Vectisaurus valdensis. Synapsids "Pelycosaurians" Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesMacromerionGen et comb novValidFritschLate CarboniferousCzech RepublicA new genus for "Labyrinthodon" schwartzenbergii 1875. 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