1902 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 1902.

Plants[edit]

Ferns and allies[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Ctenopteris columbiensis^[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Lower Cretaceous		Canada British Columbia	A Ctenopteris pinnule
Sagenopteris oblongifolia^[2]	Sp nov		Penhallow	Lower Cretaceous		Canada British Columbia	A Sagenopteris pinnule

Conifers[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Pseudotsuga miocena^[2]	Sp nov	valid	Penhallow	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Horsefly Shales	Canada British Columbia	A douglas fir wood morphospecies	Pseudotsuga miocena

Angiosperms[edit]

Name	Novelty	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes
Clintonia oblongifolia^[2]	Sp nov	Penhallow	Eocene	Paskapoo Formation	Canada Alberta	A Clintonia leaf morphospecies
Majanthemophyllum grandifolium^[2]	Sp nov	Penhallow	Eocene		Canada Alberta	A green briar leaf morphospecies
Viburnum ovatum^[2]	Sp nov	Penhallow	Eocene		Canada Alberta	A viburnum leaf morphospecies

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Newly named phytosaurs[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Rileya^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Preoccupied	von Huene	Rhaetian			A junior homonym of Rileya Ashmead, 1888 (hymenopteran). Renamed Rileyasuchus Kuhn, 1961.

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Dacentrurus^[5]	Gen. nov.	Valid taxon	Frederic Augustus Lucas	Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian	Kimmeridge Clay	France, Spain, Portugal, UK	A dacentrurine stegosaurid. New name for Omosaurus armatus Owen, 1875 non Leidy, 1856.
Didanodon^[6]	Gen. nov.	Nomen nudum	Henry Fairfield Osborn	Late Cretaceous, Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A dubious hadrosaurid, possibly Lambeosaurus. Didanodon was a new genus name for Trachodon altidens Lambe, 1902.
Elosaurus parvus^[7]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Junior synonym	O.A. Peterson & Charles Whitney Gilmore	Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian	Morrison Formation	US	Genus is a junior synonym of Brontosaurus, while the species has been reassigned as Brontosaurus parvus.
Hoplitosaurus^[5]	Gen. nov.	Valid taxon	Frederic Augustus Lucas	Early Cretaceous, Barremian	Lakota Formation	USA	New genus name for Stegosaurus marshi (Lucas, 1901).
Onychosaurus^[8]	gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Nopcsa	Late Cretaceous			A dubious name that may be a synonym of Zalmoxes.
Stegoceras^[9]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Lambe	Late Cretaceous	Belly River Group	Canada, USA	A pachycephalosaur.
Stereocephalus^[9]	gen et sp nov	Preoccupied	Lambe	Late Cretaceous	Belly River Group		Later renamed Euoplocephalus.

Protorosaurs[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Procerosaurus^[3]	gen et sp nov	jr synonym	von Huene				jr synonym of Tanystropheus.

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 Penhallow, D. P. (1902). "Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of Canada.". Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 1902-03. 2. Vol. 8 (sect 4). Ottawa, Canada: Royal Society of Canada. pp. 31–91.
^ ^a ^b Huene, F. von. 1902. Ubersicht uber die Reptilien der Trias. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungne, n. f. 6 (1): 83 pages.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ ^a ^b Lucas, F.A. (1902). "Paleontological notes: The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi". Science. 16 (402): 435.
^ Osborn, H.F. (1902). "On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the Northwest Territory. I:Distinctive characters of the Mid-Cretaceous fauna". Contributions to Canadian Paleontology. 3 (4): 1–21.
^ Peterson, O.A.; Gilmore, C.W. (1902). "Elosaurus parvus a new genus and species of Sauropoda". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 1: 490–499.
^ Nopcsa, F. (1902). "Notizen uber Cretacische Dinosaurier (Mochlodon u. Onychosaurus)". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathnat. Kl. Wien. 39: 42–44.
^ ^a ^b Lambe, L.M. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Contrib. Canadian Palaeonto1. Geol. Surv. Can. 3: pp. 25-81.

[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.

[Penhallow1902-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Penhallow, D. P. (1902). "Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of Canada.". Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 1902-03. 2. Vol. 8 (sect 4). Ottawa, Canada: Royal Society of Canada. pp. 31–91.

[huene02dertrias-3] Huene, F. von. 1902. Ubersicht uber die Reptilien der Trias. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungne, n. f. 6 (1): 83 pages.

[ddinogeorge-4] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[lucas-5] Lucas, F.A. (1902). "Paleontological notes: The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi". Science. 16 (402): 435.

[osborn-6] Osborn, H.F. (1902). "On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the Northwest Territory. I:Distinctive characters of the Mid-Cretaceous fauna". Contributions to Canadian Paleontology. 3 (4): 1–21.

[peterson-7] Peterson, O.A.; Gilmore, C.W. (1902). "Elosaurus parvus a new genus and species of Sauropoda". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 1: 490–499.

[nopcsa-8] Nopcsa, F. (1902). "Notizen uber Cretacische Dinosaurier (Mochlodon u. Onychosaurus)". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathnat. Kl. Wien. 39: 42–44.

[lambe02bellyriver-9] Lambe, L.M. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Contrib. Canadian Palaeonto1. Geol. Surv. Can. 3: pp. 25-81.

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