1874 in paleontology

none 1874 paleontology science 1874 Dinosaurs Richard Owen publishes a monograph on Wealden and Purbeck reptiles, classifying Scelidosaurus, Iguanodon and Echinodon in the new dinosaur clade Prionodontia.Owen R. 1874 Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Supplement No. V. Dinosauria (Iguanodon) Palaeontographical Society 1–18 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/230959#page/1/mode/1up New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Agathaumas milo Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Colorado Described as a synonym of Hadrosaurus occidentalis CionodonCope E.F. 1874 Report on the stratigraphy and Pliocene vertebrate paleontology of northern Colorado Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1 1 9-22 Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Colorado A hadrosaurid. Misspelled as Cinodon in original publication due to proofreader Craterosaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Aptian Potton Sands England A dubious stegosaur Hadrosaurus mirabilisCope E.F. 1874 Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories First Series 2 3-48 Comb. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A new combination for Trachodon mirabilis Hadrosaurus occidentalis Comb. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Lance Formation Wyoming A new combination for Thespesius occidentalis Ischyrosaurus manseli Gen. nov. Preoccupied Hulke Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England Preoccupied by Edward Drinker Cope, 1869. Later named Ornithopsis manseli Morinosaurus Gen. et sp. nov Nomen dubium Sauvage Kimmeridgian Boulogne-sur-Mer France A dubious sauropod Polyonax Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Cope Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Colorado A ceratopsid Ichthyosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Ophthalmosaurus ValidSeeleyMiddle Jurassic (Callovian)Oxford Clay FormationUKAn ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Colymbosaurus ValidSeeleyLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge ClayUKA cryptoclidid, new genus for "Plesiosaurus" megadeirus Seeley, 1869 Eretmosaurus ValidSeeleyEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue LiasUKA member of Microcleididae; new genus for "Plesiosaurus" rugosus Owen, 1840. Mauisaurus Nomen dubiumHectorLate Cretaceous (late Campanian-Maastrichtian)Conway FormationNew ZealandAn elasmosaurid. Muraenosaurus ValidSeeleyMiddle Jurassic (Callovian)Oxford ClayUKA cryptoclidid.Rhomaleosaurus ValidSeeleyEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Whitby Mudstone FormationUKA rhomaleosaurid; new genus for "Plesiosaurus" cramptoni Carte and Bailey, 1863 Pterosaurs Newly named pterosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Coloborhynchus ValidOwenEarly Cretaceous (Valanginian)Wadhurst Clay FormationUKA member of Ornithocheiridae. Criorhynchus Jr. synonymOwenJr. synonym of Ornithocheirus. Squamates Newly named mosasaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTaniwhasaurusValidHectorLate CampanianConway Formation New Zealand Japan Antarctica A tylosaurine mosasaurid. thumb|center|150px|Taniwhasaurus oweni References Paleontology Category:1870s in paleontology Paleontology, 1874 In