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1892 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1892.

Mollusca

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Newly named bivalves

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Tellinomya similis.[2]

Sp nov

synonym

Ulrich

Ashgillian

Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota

 USA

transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Tellinomya recurva.[2]

Sp nov

synonym

Lamont

Ashgillian

Upper Richmond Group, Minnesota

 USA

transferred to Similodonta in 1964

Archosauromorphs

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Newly named dinosaurs

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Name Status Authors Notes

Claorhynchus

Nomen dubium

Edward Drinker Cope

Possible subjective synonym of Triceratops.

Manospondylus

Nomen dubium

Edward Drinker Cope

Possible subjective synonym of Tyrannosaurus.

Manospondylus may be a synonym of Tyrannosaurus.

Plesiosaurs

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New taxa

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Name Status Authors Notes

Cryptocleidus

Valid

Seeley

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

Delphinognathus

Valid

Seeley

Diopaeus

Geikia

Valid

Newton

References

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  1. ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
  2. ^ a b Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.