1893 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 1893.
Arthropods[edit]
Newly named insects[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Comb nov | Jr synonym | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |  | ||
| Comb nov | valid | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |  | ||
| Comb nov | valid | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |  | ||
| Comb nov | Valid | Mayr | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |  | ||
| Comb nov | Valid | Mayr | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |  | ||
| Comb nov | Valid | Mayr | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |  | ||
| Sp nov | Synonym | (Mayr, 1868) | A dolichoderine ant. |
Fish[edit]
Newly named Ray-finned fish[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Sp nov | Jr synonym | Cope | Early Eocene | A catostomid sucker fish. |
Archosauromorphs[edit]
Newly named dinosaurs[edit]
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Plesiosaurs[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Gent et comb nov | Valid | Marsh | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
Synapsids[edit]
Non-mammalian[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Gen et sp nov | valid | Boule and Glangeau | A basal Caseidae; Type species C. gaudryi |  | ||||
| Gen et sp nov | Valid | Newton | A dicynodont. Type species G. traquairi |  |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 56–59.
- ^ Dlussky, G.M.; Putyatina, T.S. (2014). "Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (3): 237–285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.
- ^ Cope, E. (1893). "Fossil fishes from British Columbia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 45: 401–402.
- ^ Liu, J. (2021). "Redescription of "Amyzon" brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (9): 677–689. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1968966.