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

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bothriomyrmex goepperti^[2]	Comb nov	Jr synonym	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Iridomyrmex goepperti in 1915, jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goepperti	Ctenobethylus goepperti
Dolichoderus balticus^[2]	Comb nov	valid	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea balticus	Dolichoderus balticus
Dolichoderus cornutus^[2]	Comb nov	valid	(Mayr, 1868)	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved from Hypoclinea cornuta	Dolichoderus cornutus
Iridomyrmex haueri^[3]	Sp nov	Synonym	(Mayr, 1868)	Burdigalian	Radoboj	Croatia	A dolichoderine ant. synonym of Emplastus haueri

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Argyrosaurus	Valid	Richard Lydekker	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)	Bajo Barreal Formation	Argentina	Nomen dubium
Microcoelus	Nomen dubium	Richard Lydekker	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	Possible subjective synonym of Neuquensaurus.
Sarcolestes	Valid	Richard Lydekker	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Oxford Clay	United Kingdom	An ankylosaur.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pantosaurus		Valid	Marsh	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Sundance Formation	United States

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Callibrachion	Nomen dubium	Boule and Glangeau	Late Carboniferous-Early Permian		France	A dubious sphenacodont.
Gordonia	Valid	Newton	Late Permian	Lossiemouth Sandstone	Scotland	A dicynodont.

References

^ 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 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. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.

[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.

[Wheeler1915-2] Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 56–59.

[Dlussky2014-3] 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. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.

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