1902 in paleontology

none 1902 paleontology science 1902 Plants Ferns and allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesCtenopteris columbiensisPenhallow D. P. 1902 Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of Canada. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 1902-03 Ottawa, Canada Royal Society of Canada 2 8 (sect 4) 31–91Sp novPenhallowLower CretaceousCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Ctenopteris pinnuleSagenopteris oblongifoliaSp novPenhallowLower CretaceousCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Sagenopteris pinnule Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPseudotsuga miocenaSp novvalidPenhallowEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaA douglas fir wood morphospeciesthumb|center|upright|Pseudotsuga miocena Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesClintonia oblongifoliaSp novPenhallowEocenePaskapoo FormationCanadaAlbertaA Clintonia leaf morphospeciesMajanthemophyllum grandifoliumSp novPenhallowEoceneCanadaAlbertaA green briar leaf morphospeciesViburnum ovatumSp novPenhallowEoceneCanadaAlbertaA viburnum leaf morphospecies Turtles New turtle taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Baena antiqua Sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A species of Baena Neurankylus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A chelydrid turtle Archosauromorphs Dinosaurs New dinosaur taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images DacentrurusLucas F.A. 1902 Paleontological notes: The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi Science 16 402 435 Gen. nov. Valid Lucas Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay UK A new name for Omosaurus armatus Owen, 1875 non Leidy, 1856. DidanodonOsborn H.F. Henry Fairfield Osborn 1902 Distinctive characters of the Mid-Cretaceous fauna Geological Survey of Canada. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. Part II. On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the North West Territory 3 2 5–21 Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Osborn Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A new genus name for Trachodon altidens Lambe, 1902. ElosaurusPeterson O.A. Gilmore C.W. 1902 Elosaurus parvus a new genus and species of Sauropoda Annals of the Carnegie Museum 1 490–499 Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Peterson & Gilmore Kimmeridgian Morrison Formation US Genus is a junior synonym of Brontosaurus, while the species has been reassigned as Brontosaurus parvus. Hoplitosaurus Gen. nov. Valid Lucas Barremian Lakota Formation USA New genus name for Stegosaurus marshi (Lucas, 1901). 200px Monoclonius belli Sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta Later given the genus name Chasmosaurus Monoclonius canadensis Sp. nov. Jr. synonym Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta Junior synonym of Chasmosaurus belli Monoclonius dawsoni Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A dubious species of ceratopsid OnychosaurusNopcsa F. 1902 Notizen uber Cretacische Dinosaurier (Mochlodon u. Onychosaurus) Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathnat. Kl. Wien 39 42–44 Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Nopcsa Campanian A dubious name that may be a synonym of Zalmoxes. Ornithomimus altus Sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta Later given the genus name Struthiomimus 200px Palaeoscincus asper Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A dubious species of ankylosaurid. Stegoceras Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A pachycephalosaur 200px Stereocephalus tutus Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta Later renamed Euoplocephalus Trachodon (Pteropelyx) altidens Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A dubious species of hadrosaurid. Given the genus name Didanodon by Osborn in 1902. 200px Trachodon (Pteropelyx) marginatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A dubious species of hadrosaurid. Later given the genus name Stephanosaurus 100px Trachodon (Pteropelyx) selwyniLambe L.M. Lawrence Lambe 1902 New genera and species from the Belly River Series (Mid-Cretaceous) Geological Survey of Canada. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. Part II. On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the North West Territory 3 2 25–81 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A dubious species of hadrosaurid 200px Phytosaurs New phytosaur taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRileyaGen. et sp. novPreoccupiedvon HueneRhaetianA junior homonym of Rileya Ashmead, 1888 (hymenopteran). Renamed Rileyasuchus Kuhn, 1961. Protorosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images ProcerosaurusHuene, F. von. 1902. Ubersicht uber die Reptilien der Trias. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungne, n. f. 6 (1): 83 pages.gen et sp novjr synonym von Huenejr synonym of Tanystropheus. Mammals New mammal taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Ptilodus primaevus Sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A species of Ptilodus Boreodon Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A species of multituberculate Fish New fish taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Acipenser albertensis Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A species of Acipenser Diphyodus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A species of fish References Paleontology