1871 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 1871.

## Fish

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Erismatopterus[2]

Gen et Sp et comb nov

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Cope

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

Wyoming

A percopsid fish.
The type species is E. rickseckeri
Also includes Cyprinodon levatus (1870)
E. rickseckeri synonymized into E. levatus (1969)

|  Erismatopterus levatus |

## Archosauromorphs

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### New taxa

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Crocodilus carcharidens[3] | Sp. nov.  | Valid  | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation |  Austria | Later given the genus name Doratodon |
Zatomus |  | Nomen dubium | Cope |  |  |  | Dubious genus of non-dinosaurian archosaur  |

### Dinosaurs

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Danubiosaurus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov.  | Nomen dubium | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation |  Austria | Believed to be a lacertilian, a possible synonym of Struthiosaurus |
Hadrosaurus cavatus[4] | Sp. nov.  | Nomen dubium | Cope | Maastrichtian | Navesink Formation?  |  New Jersey | A species of Hadrosaurus |
Iguanodon suessii[3] | Sp. nov.  | Valid  | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation |  Austria | Later given the genus name Mochlodon |
"Megalosaurus schnaitheimii"[3] |  | Nomen nudum | Bunzel | Late Jurassic | Schnaitheim |  Germany | An invalid species of Megalosaurus mentioned in passing  |
Struthiosaurus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov.  | Valid  | Bunzel | Campanian | Grünbach Formation |  Austria | A nodosaurid |

### Pterosaurs

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Diopecephalus

Jr. synonym.

Seeley

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Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.

Ornithostoma

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Seeley

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## References

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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.
2. ^ Grande, L. (1984). "Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna". Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey. 63 2nd ed. Laramie, Wyoming.
3. ^ a b c d e Bunzel, E. (1871). "Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Weiner-Neustadt". Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 5: 1–18.
4. ^ Cope, E.D. (1871). "Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America"". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 12: 41–52.

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