1880 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 1880.

Ichthyosaurs[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Baptanodon^[2]	Gen et comb nov	valid	Marsh	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Sundance Formation	United States Wyoming	Moved from "Sauranodon" natans Marsh, 1879.^[3]	Baptanodon natans

Pterosaurs[edit]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Cretornis	Valid	Fritsch		middle Cretaceous (early Turonian)	Jizera Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Azhdarchoidea.
Rhamphocephalus	Valid	Seeley		Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Taynton Limestone Formation	England	A rhamphorhynchoid.

Synapsids[edit]

Non-mammalian[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Stereorhachis	Nomen dubium	Gaudry	Late Carboniferous	Coal deposits	France	A member of Eothyrididae.

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.
^ Marsh, O. C., 1880, Note on Sauranodon: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 19, n. 4, p. 491.
^ O. C. Marsh. 1879. A new order of extinct reptiles (Sauranodonta), from the Jurassic Formation of the Rocky Mountains. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3

[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.

[Marsh1880-2] Marsh, O. C., 1880, Note on Sauranodon: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 19, n. 4, p. 491.

[Marsh1879-3] O. C. Marsh. 1879. A new order of extinct reptiles (Sauranodonta), from the Jurassic Formation of the Rocky Mountains. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3

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