1877 in paleontology

none 1877 paleontology science 1877 Arthropods Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnthrapalaemon woodwardiEtheridge R. 1877 On the Occurrence of a Macrurous Decapod (Anthrapalæmon? Woodwardi, sp. nov.) in the Red Sandstone, or lowest group, of the Carboniferous Formation in the South-east of Scotland https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1877.033.01-04.49 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society en 33 1-4 863–878 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1877.033.01-04.49 0370-291X 140182850 subscription Sp novjr synonymRobert Etheridge, JuniorViseanUKScotlandMoved to the genus Tealliocaris in 1908Peach B. N. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41415 Monograph on the higher Crustacea of the Carboniferous rocks of Scotland 1908 Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by J. Hedderwick & sons, ltd Glasgow Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAnthomyia burgessiScudder S. H 1877 Appendix to Mr. George M. Dawson's report. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1875-1876 266–280Sp novnomen dubiumScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn anthomyiid fly. Considered nomen dubium without discussion by Michelsen (1996).Michelsen V. 1996 First reliable record of a fossil species of Anthomyiidae (Diptera), with comments on the definition of recent and fossil clades in phylogenetic classification Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 58 4 441–451thumb|center|upright|Anthomyia burgessi(1890 illustration)Anthomyia inanimataSp novnomen dubiumScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn anthomyiid fly. Considered nomen dubium without discussion by Michelsen (1996).thumb|center|upright|Anthomyia inanimata(1890 illustration)Aphaenogaster longaevaCarpenter F. M. 1930 The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70 1–66 http://antcat.org/documents/619/6082.pdfSp novnomen dubiumScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA myrmicine ant, possibly nomen dubium.Radchenko A. G. Perkovsky E. E. 2016 The ant Aphaenogaster dlusskyana sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Sakhalin amber—the earliest described species of an extant genus of Myrmicinae Paleontological Journal 50 9 936–946 10.1134/S0031030116090136 thumb|center|upright|Aphaenogaster longaeva(1890 illustration)Boletina sepultaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA fungus gnat.thumb|center|upright|Boletina sepulta(1890 illustration)Brachypeza abitaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA mycetophiline fungus gnat.thumb|center|upright|Brachypeza abita(1890 illustration)Brachypeza proceraSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA mycetophiline fungus gnat.thumb|center|upright|Brachypeza procera(1890 illustration)CalyptitesGen et sp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn ant of uncertain placement.thumb|center|upright|Calyptites antediluvianum(1890 illustration)Formica arcanaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA formicine antthumb|center|upright|Formica arcana(1890 illustration)Hypoclinea obliterataSp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA dolichoderine ant Moved to Dolichoderus obliteratus (1893)Dalla Torre K. W. 1893 Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna) Leipzig W. Engelmann 289thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus obliteratus(1890 illustration)Heteromyza senilisSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA heleomyzid fly.thumb|center|upright|Heteromyza senilis(1890 illustration)Lachnus petrorumSp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn aphidomorph of uncertain placement Moved to Geranchon petrorum (1890)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|Geranchon petrorum(1890 illustration)Liometopum pingueSp novvalidScudderYpresianGreen River FormationUSA ColoradoAn ant species, moved to Eoformica pingue in 1930thumb|center|upright|Eoformica pinguisLithortalisGen et sp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA picture-winged fly. Type species L. pictathumb|center|upright|Lithortalis picta(1890 illustration)Lonchaea senescensSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA lauxaniid fly. Referred to Lauxaniidae without redescription.Evenhuis 1994 Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera) Backhuys Publishers 1–600thumb|center|upright|"Lonchaea" senescens(1890 illustration)Palloptera morticinaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA flutter-wing fly.thumb|center|upright|Palloptera morticina(1890 illustration)Pimpla decessaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA pimpline ichneumon parasitic waspthumb|center|upright|Pimpla decessa(1890 illustration)Pimpla saxeaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA pimpline ichneumon parasitic waspthumb|center|upright|Pimpla saxea(1890 illustration)Pimpla senectaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA pimpline ichneumon parasitic waspthumb|center|upright|Pimpla senecta(1890 illustration)Prometopia depilisSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA sap beetlethumb|center|upright|Prometopia depilis(1890 illustration)Sciomyza revelataSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA marsh fly.thumb|center|upright|Sciomyza revelata(1890 illustration)Trichonta dawsoniSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA mycetophiline fungus gnat.thumb|center|upright|Trichonta dawsoni(1890 illustration) Fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHeliobatis Grande Lance Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna Laramie, WY Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey 1984 63 2nd ed.gen et sp nov.Valid MarshWasatchianGreen River FormationUSAOne of two stingrays from the Green River Formation. The type species is H. radians. thumb|center|upright|Heliobatis radians Non-dinosaurian reptiles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDasygnathus Junior synonymHuxleyLate TriassicLossiemouth Sandstone FormationScotlandAn indeterminate pseudosuchian whose name was preoccupied by MacLeay (1819), later renamed Dasygnathoides by Kuhn (1961). The type species is D. longidens. Palaeoctonus Nomen dubiumCopeLate Triassic USDubious genus of misidentified phytosaur. Suchoprion Nomen dubiumCopeUSDubious genus of misidentified phytosaur. Dinosaurs Laelaps trihedrodon, Cope criticizes Dryptosaurus O. W. Lucas collected the first remains of what would later in the year be named Laelaps trihedrodon from Quarry I of the Saurian Hill at Garden Park, Colorado."Introduction," Chure (2001) page 11. Edward Drinker Cope would describe the material later in the year in a short paper titled "On a carnivorous dinosaurian from the Dakota beds of Colorado."Cope (1887) pages 805-806. The "Dakota beds" he references are actually Morrison Formation strata. Cope claims to have a skeleton of unspecified completeness on which to establish the new species, but only describes a partial dentary which has 5 successional teeth, 2 functional teeth, and one tooth missing from its socket. All of the preceding material has since been lost to science with the exception of 5 broken, partial tooth crowns."Description of 5780," Chure (2001) page 11. From the now missing dentary, Cope infers that the creature is a carnivore and compares its dentition to that belonging to other members of his infamous genus "Laelaps", L. aquilunguis and L. incrassatus. Cope concludes the paper with a pointed criticism of his rival O. C. Marsh's attempt to rename Laelaps as the genus Dryptosaurus because the generic name Laelaps has been used in entomology.Cope (1887) page 806. Cope claims that since the mite genus Laelaps was a synonym that the name was not truly preoccupied and Marsh's erection of Dryptosaurus has therefore created a new, redundant synonym of Laelaps the dinosaur. However, subsequent researchers have supported Marsh's new name. Apatosaurus Apatosaurus specimen found with preserved gastroliths.Cannon (1907). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. New genera Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImages Allosaurus ValidMarsh Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) Portugal US (Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, North Dakota,Nebraska,Kansas,Texas,Arizona,Utah,Idaho and Wyoming)An allosaurid theropod. The type species is A. fragilis.center|thumb|150x150px|Allosaurus. Amphicoelias Nomen dubiumCopeLate Jurassic US (Colorado)A diplodocoid sauropod. The type species is A. altus. thumb|Amphicoelias true size Apatodon Nomen dubiumMarsh US (Colorado)Possible subjective synonym of Allosaurus. The type species is A. mirus. Apatosaurus ValidMarshLate Jurassic US (Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah)An apatosaurine diplodocid. The type species is A. ajax.thumb|Apatosaurus Atlantosaurus Nomen dubiumMarshLate JurassicUS A replacement name for Titanosaurus Marsh (1877). Camarasaurus ValidEdward Drinker CopeLate Jurassic US (Colorado,Utah)A camarasaurid. The type species is C. supremus. thumb|Camarasaurus Caulodon Jr. synonymCopeLate Jurassic USJunior subjective synonym of Camarasaurus. Dryptosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) US (New Jersey)Replacement name for Laelaps Cope (1866).thumb|Dryptosaurus Dystrophaeus ValidCopeLate Jurassic USA eusauropod of unknown affinities. The type species is D. viaemalae. Nanosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic US (Colorado and Wyoming)An ornithischian. The type species is N. agilis. Stegosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic Portugal US (Colorado, Utah and Wyoming)A stegosaur. The type species is S. armatus. thumb|Stegosaurus Tichosteus Nomen dubiumCopeUSAffinities unknown. The type species is T. lucasanus. Titanosaurus Nomen dubiumLydekkerLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) IndiaA titanosaur. The type species is T. indicus. Titanosaurus Preoccupied.MarshPreoccupied by a genus erected by Richard Lydekker this same year, later renamed Atlantosaurus. The type species is T. montanus. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesArchaeobelusSynonym of ClepsydropsClepsydrops limbatusCope See also Paleontology 1877 in science Footnotes References Cannon, G.L. (1907). Sauropodan gastroliths. Science 24, 116. Chure Daniel J. 2001 On the type and referred material of Laelaps trihedrodon Cope 1877 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Tanke, Darren Carpenter, Kenneth Mesozoic Vertebrate Life Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis 10–18 0-253-33907-3 https://archive.org/details/mesozoicvertebra0000unse/page/10 Cope, E.D. (1877). On a carnivorous dinosaurian from the Dakota beds of Colorado. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories 3: 805–806. Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180. Category:1870s in paleontology Paleontology, 1877 In