1876 in paleontology

none 1876 paleontology science 1876 Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aublysodon lateralisCope E.D. 1876 Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana Paleontological Bulletin 22 1-14 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Aublysodon Chondrosteosaurus gigas Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Owen Barremian Wessex Formation England A sauropod Diclonius pentagonus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A hadrosaurid Diclonius calamarius Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Diclonius Diclonius perangulatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Diclonius Dysganus encaustus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A ceratopsid Dysganus bicarinatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Dysganus Dysganus haydenianus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Dysganus Dysganus peiganus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Dysganus Laelaps explanatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Laelaps Laelaps falculus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Laelaps Laelaps incrassatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A species of Laelaps Macrurosaurus semnus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A sauropod Monoclonius crassus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A ceratopsid 200px Paronychodon lacustris Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A troodontid 150px Zapsalis abradens Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A dromaeosaurid Anapsids Newly named anapsids Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImagesAnthodonSir Richard Owen South Africa TanzaniaA pareiasaur.thumb|AnthodonPareiasaurusSir Richard Owen South Africa ZambiaA pareiasaurthumb|Pareiasaurus Plesiosaurs Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors NotesPlesiosaurus longirostrisValidBlakeNow referred to Hauffiosaurus.Roger B. J. Benson, Hilary F. Ketchum, Leslie F. Noè and Marcela Gómez-Pérez (2011). "New information on Hauffiosaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK". Palaeontology 54 (3): 547–571. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01044.x.Plesiosaurus propinquusJunior synonymBlakeA junior synonym of Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus.P. Vincent and A. S. Smith. 2009. A redescription of Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate & Blake, 1876 (Reptilia, Plesiosauria), from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Yorkshire, England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 57(3-4):133-142UronautesValidCope Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImagesNyctosaurusValidMarsh USA (Kansas)A Pterosaur with an antenna-like crest .thumb|NyctosaurusPteranodonValidMarsh USA Kansas England JapanAn Crested Pterosaur, Erroneously known as "Pterodactyl"thumb|Pteranodon Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesCistecephalusValidOwen255 Millions of years ago. South AfricaBox-Headed animalthumb|150px|center|CistecephalusEndothiodonValidOwen257 Millions of years ago. Brazil India Malawi South Africa Tanzania Zambiathumb|EndothiodonGorgonopsValidOwen257 Millions of years ago. Malawi South AfricaA Gorgonopsian.thumb|GorgonopsScaloposaurusValidOwen251 Millions of years ago. South Africathumb|ScaloposaurusTapinocephalusValidOwen261 Millions of years ago. South AfricaA Dome-headed Dinocephalian.thumb|TapinocephalusTheriognathusValidOwen255 Millions of years ago. Tanzaniathumb|TheriognathusTitanosuchusValidOwen261 Millions of years ago. South AfricaTitanic crocodile.thumb|Titanosuchus See also Paleontology References Category:1870s in paleontology Paleontology