1870 in paleontology

none 1870 paleontology science 1870 Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBibio lartetiiSkartveit J. Nel A. 2017 Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits Zootaxa 4225 1 1–83 10.11646/zootaxa.4225.1.1 28187637 http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01471927 Sp. novjr synonymOustalet, 1870OligoceneFranceA bibionid, moved to Plecia larteti in 2017thumb|center|upright|Plecia lartetiProtomyia lugensSp novjr synonymOustalet, 1870OligoceneFranceA bibionid, moved to Penthetria lugens in 2017thumb|center|upright|Penthetria lugens "Fish" {| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%" |- ! Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images |- | Asineops'''Grande L. Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna Laramie, Wyoming Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey 1984 63 2nd ed. | Gen et Sp nov | valid | Cope | EoceneYpresian | Green River Formation | USWyoming | A fish of possibly Percopsiformes affiliation.The type species is A. squamifrons| thumb|center|upright|Asineops squamifrons | |- |Cyprinodon levatusGrande L. Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna Laramie, Wyoming Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey 1984 63 2nd ed. | Sp nov | Jr synonym | Cope | EoceneYpresian | Green River Formation | USWyoming | A percopsid fishMoved to Erismatopterus levatus in 1871 | thumb|center|upright|Erismatopterus levatus |- |} Turtles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images PneumatoarthrusCope, 1870. Observations on the Reptilia of the Triassic formations of the Atlantic region of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 11, 444-446.Gen et sp novvalidCopeCretaceous MaastrichtianMount Laurel FormationUSNew JerseyFirst identified as a possible basal sauropod.Reidentified as a protostegid marine turtle.The type species is P. peloreusthumb|center|upright|Pneumatoarthrus Archosauromorphs Newly named birds Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Laornis Misidentification.MarshUSANew JerseyMisidentified bird. The type species is L. edvardsianus Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Antrodemus Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Leidy Tithonian Morrison Formation Colorado Possible subjective synonym of Allosaurus Hadrosaurus minorMarsh O.C. 1870 On a number of vertebrae of a new Dinosaurian from the Cretaceous green sand near Barnsboro Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22 2-3 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Maastrichtian Navesink Formation? New Jersey A species of Hadrosaurus Ornithopsis hulkei Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Barremian Wealden Formation England Earlier it was believed that the fossils were those of a pterosaur. But now it is known that they were the bones of a Sauropod. "Struthiosaurus" Nomen nudum Bunzel Campanian Grünbach Formation Austria An ankylosaur formally named Struthiosaurus in 1871 Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Taphrosaurus Valid Cope USA (New Jersey) Uronautes Valid Cope Pterosaurs Harry Govier Seeley published his expansive book The Ornithosauria'', reviewing the anatomy and classification of pterosaurs.Seeley H.G. 1870 The Ornithosauria: an elementary study of the bones of pterodactyles, made from fossil remains found in the Cambridge Upper Greensand, and arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge Deighton, Bell & Co New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Cycnorhamphus Gen. nov. Valid Seeley Kimmeridgian Nursplinger Schist Germany A new genus for Pterodactylus suevicus Quenstedt, 1855 200px Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus capito Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus colorhinus Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Camposipterus colorhinus Ornithocheirus crassidens Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus dentatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus denticulatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus eurygnathus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus huxleyi Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus. Ornithocheirus microdon Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Lonchodraco microdon. Ornithocheirus nasutus Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Camposipterus nasutus. Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus platystomus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus polyodon Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus reedi Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus tenuirostris Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand England A new species of Ornithocheirus. Rhabdopelix Misidentification Cope At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but is now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesLystrosaurusValidCope252 million years ago. Antarctica China India South AfricaIt was a protomammal that had fangs very similar to those of a walrus.thumb|150px|center|Lystrosaurus References Paleontology Category:1870s in paleontology Paleontology, 1870 In