1883 in paleontology

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 1883.

Plants

Gnetophytes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Ephedra mengeana^[2]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Göppert in Göppert & Menge	Eocene Lutetian-Priabonian	Baltic Amber	Europe Baltic Sea Coast		Identified as a gnetophyte relative. Moved from Ephedra mengeana (1883)^[3] Moved to Arceuthobium mengeanum (2017).^[4]

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Porana speirii^[5]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Lesquereux	late Eocene	Florissant Formation	United States Colorado	A mallow relative. moved to Holmskioldia speirii (1953)

Dinosaurs

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Craspedodon	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Dollo	Santonian	Glauconie de Lonzée Formation	Belgium	An early ceratopsian
Megalosaurus bredai^[6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Seeley	Maastrichtian	Maastricht Formation	Netherlands	First named as a megalosaurid Moved to Betasuchus bredai (1932)
Orthomerus^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Seeley	Maastrichtian	Maastricht Formation	Netherlands	A hadrosaurid relative

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Luetkesaurus	Nomen dubium	Kiprijanoff

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.
^ Göppert, J.H.R. (1883). "Von den Bernstein-Coniferen, insbesondere auch in ihren Beziehungen zu den Coniferen der Gegenwart". In Göppert, J.H.R.; Menge, F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart (in German). Vol. 1. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. pp. 1–63.
^ Conwentz, H.W. (1886). "Die Angiospermen des Bernsteins". In Göppert, J.H.R.; Menge, F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bersion-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. Vol. 2. pp. 1–140.
^ Sadowski, E. M.; Seyfullah, L. J.; Wilson, C. A.; Calvin, C. L.; Schmidt, A. R. (2017). "Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota". American Journal of Botany. 104 (5): 694–718.
^ Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.
^ ^a ^b Seeley, H.G. (1883). "On the dinosaurs from the Maastricht bed". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 39 (1–4): 246–253. Bibcode:1883QJGS...39..246S. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1883.039.01-04.19.

[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.

[Amber1883-2] Göppert, J.H.R. (1883). "Von den Bernstein-Coniferen, insbesondere auch in ihren Beziehungen zu den Coniferen der Gegenwart". In Göppert, J.H.R.; Menge, F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bernsteins und ihre Beziehungen zur Flora der Tertiärformation und der Gegenwart (in German). Vol. 1. Commission-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. pp. 1–63.

[Conwentz1886-3] Conwentz, H.W. (1886). "Die Angiospermen des Bernsteins". In Göppert, J.H.R.; Menge, F.A. (eds.). Die Flora des Bersion-Verla von Wilhelm Engelmann, Danzing. Vol. 2. pp. 1–140.

[Sadowski2017-4] Sadowski, E. M.; Seyfullah, L. J.; Wilson, C. A.; Calvin, C. L.; Schmidt, A. R. (2017). "Diverse early dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium), ecological keystones of the Eocene Baltic amber biota". American Journal of Botany. 104 (5): 694–718.

[Manchester1992-5] Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.

[seeley1883-6] Seeley, H.G. (1883). "On the dinosaurs from the Maastricht bed". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 39 (1–4): 246–253. Bibcode:1883QJGS...39..246S. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1883.039.01-04.19.

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