1888 in paleontology

none 1888 paleontology science 1888 Newly named plants Name Status Authors Notes Aachenosaurus Nomen dubium Smets Misidentified piece of petrified wood.John Wright The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names https://books.google.com/books?id=qWDGBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 2014 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-4088-2035-3 47–49 Dinosaurs Richard Lydekker published a catalogue of reptiles in the British Museum of Natural History, their collection information, and their classification.Lydekker R. 1888 Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia and Pterosauria Taylor and Francis 247–248 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125711#page/1/mode/1up New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Allosaurus medius Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Albian Arundel Formation Maryland A species of Allosaurus Ceratops montanus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Maastrichtian Laramie Formation Montana Preoccupied by Rafinesque, 1815. Later unnecessarily renamed Proceratops Coelurus gracilis Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Albian Arundel Formation Maryland A species of Coelurus Cumnoria Gen. nov. Valid Seeley Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England A new genus for Iguanodon prestwichii 200px Iguanodon dawsoni Sp. nov. Valid Richard Lydekker Barremian Wadhurst Clay Formation England Later given the genus name Barilium Ornithopsis manseli Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lydekker Kimmeridgian Kimmeridge Clay Formation England A species for "Ischyrosaurus" Hulke, 1874 Pleurocoelus nanus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Albian Arundel Formation Maryland A sauropod possibly synonymous with Astrodon Pleurocoelus altus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Albian Arundel Formation Maryland A species of Pleurocoelus Priconodon crassus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Albian Arundel Formation Maryland A nodosaurid Sphenospondylus gracilis Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lydekker Barremian Wessex Formation England A species for Sphenospondylus Trachodon cantabrigiensisLydekker R. 1888 Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44 46-61 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Lydekker Albian Cambridge Greensand England A species of Trachodon Birds New taxa Name Status Authors Notes Neochen pugil Valid Oluf Winge Plesiosaurs Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Location Images Trinacromerum Valid Cragin Canada (Manitoba) USA (Colorado, Kansas, Texas and Utah)center|thumb|100x100px|Trinacromerum. Pterosaurs New taxa Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location Images Palaeohatteria Valid Credner Phocosaurus Valid Seeley See also Paleontology References