1873 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 1873 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 1873.

## Plants

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### Algae

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Fucus lignitum[2]

Sp nov

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Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A brown algae species.

### Mosses

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Hypnum haydenii[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

USA
Colorado

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Described as a moss species.
Moved to Sequoia haydenii (1907).[3]
Moved to Juniparis haydenii (1912).

### Ferns

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Salvinia attenuata[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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Described as a watermoss species.
Moved to Marsilea attenuata (1894).[4]

### Lycophytes

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Selaginella? falcata[2]

Sp nov

jr homonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A possible spikemoss species.
Junior homonym of Selaginella falcata (P.Beauv.) Spring (1843).

Selaginella laciniata[2]

Sp nov

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Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A possible spikemoss species.

### Conifers

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Sequoia biformis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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Described as a coast redwood species.
Moved to Geinitzia biformis (1900).[5]

Widdringtonia complanata[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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Described as an African cypress species.
Moved to Callitris complanata (1887).[6]

### Monocots

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Ottelia americana[2]

Sp nov

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Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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Described as an anacharioid hydrocharitaceous species.

Pistia corrugata[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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Described as a water cabbage species.
Moved to Cobbania corrugata (2007).[7]

### Eudicots

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Alnites unequilateralis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

USA
Wyoming

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First described as a betulaceous species.
Moved to Alnus inaequilateralis Moved to (1883)
Moved to Planera inaequilateralis (1923).[8] Moved to Bursera inaequilateralis (1969)[9]

|  Bursera inaequilateralis

Carpites viburni[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

USA
Wyoming

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A walnut species.

|  Carpites viburni

Dryophyllum crenatum[2]

Sp nov

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Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A Fagaceous or Juglandaceous species.

Dryophyllum subfalcatum[2]

Sp nov

valid

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A Fagaceous or Juglandaceous species.

|  Dryophyllum subfalcatum

Grewiopsis cleburnii[2]

Sp nov

valid

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A platanaceous species.

Juglans alkalina[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

USA
Wyoming

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A walnut species.

Laurus (Persea) praestans[2]

Sp nov

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Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A possible laural species.

Populus melanarioides[2]

Sp nov

valid

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A cottonwood/aspen species.

Rhus membranacea[2]

Sp nov

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Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A sumac species.

Trapa? microphylla[2]

Sp nov

valid

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A possible water caltrop species.

Viburnum rotundifolium[2]

Sp nov

jr homonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A Viburnum species.
Junior homonym of Viburnum rotundifolium Rafinesque, 1838

## Fungi

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Sphaeria rhytismoides[2]

Sp nov

jr homonym

Lesquereux

Cretaceous

Montana Group

USA
Wyoming

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A fungi species.
Junior homonym of Sphaeria rhytismoides Ettingshausen, 1868
Moved to replacement name Sphaerites lesquereuxii (1892).[10]

## Arthropods

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### Newly named insects

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Bothriomyrmex constricta[11]

Comb nov

Jr synonym

(Mayr)

Lutetian

Baltic amber

Europe

Fossil Dolichoderin ant
jr synonym of Anonychomyrma constricta

|  Anonychomyrma constricta

Bothriomyrmex geinitzi[11]

Comb nov

Jr synonym

Mayr

Lutetian

Baltic amber

Europe

Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi

|  Anonychomyrma geinitzi

## Sauropterygia

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### Newly named plesiosaurs

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Liopleurodon

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Sauvage

Callovian

* France
* Germany
* UK

A pliosaurid

## Ichthyosaurs

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### Newly named ichthyosaurs

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Cetarthrosaurus[12]

Valid

Seeley

late Albian/early Cenomanian

Cambridge Greensand Formation

* United Kingdom

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## Other

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Dawsonia campanulata[13]

Valid

Nicholson

Silurian

Moffat Shales Group

* United Kingdom

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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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Lesquereux, L. C. (1876). "On the Tertiary flora of the North American lignitic, considered as evidence of the age of the formation". Annual report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. pp. 271–365.
3. ^ Cockerell, T.D.A. (1894). "A redwood described as a moss". Torreya. 7 (10): 204.
4. ^ Hollick, A. (1894). "Fossil Salvinias, including description of a new species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 21 (6): 256.
5. ^ Knowlton, F. H. (1900). Flora of the Montana Formation (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 163\. United States Geological Survey. p. 28\. doi:10.3133/b163.
6. ^ Ward, L. F. (1885). "Synopsis of the Flora of the Laramie Group". Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. Vol. 6\. United States Geological Survey. p. 462\. doi:10.3133/b163.
7. ^ Stockey, R. A.; Rothwell, G. W.; Johnson, K. R. (2007). "Cobbania corrugata gen. et comb. nov. (Araceae): a floating aquatic monocot from the Upper Cretaceous of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 94 (4): 609–624\. Bibcode:2007AmJB...94..609S. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.4.609. PMID 21636430.
8. ^ Knowlton, F.H. (1923). "Chapter F". Revision of the flora of the Green River Formation, with descriptions of new species (Report). Professional Papers. Vol. 131\. United States Geological Survey. pp. 133–182\. doi:10.3133/pp131F.
9. ^ MacGinitie, H.D. (1969). "The Eocene green River flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 83 (116): 1–202.
10. ^ Saccardo, P. A. (1892). Sylloge Fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum. Vol. 10\. p. 31.
11. ^ a b Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 56–59.
12. ^ Harry G. Seeley (1873). "On Cetarthrosaurus walkeri (Seeley), an Ichthyosaurian from the Cambridge Upper Greensand". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 29 (1–2): 505–507\. Bibcode:1873QJGS...29..505S. doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1873.029.01-02.43.1–2&rft.pages=505-507&rft.date=1873&rft_id=info:doi/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1873.029.01-02.43&rft_id=info:bibcode/1873QJGS...29..505S&rft.au=Harry+G.+Seeley&rft_id=https://zenodo.org/record/1448517&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1873+in+paleontology" class="Z3988">
13. ^ Alex Page; Philip R. Wilby; Claire J. T. Mellish; Mark Williams; Jan A. Zalasiewicz (2008). "Dawsonia Nicholson: linguliform brachiopods, crustacean tail-pieces and a problematicum rather than graptolite ovarian vesicles" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 99 (3–4): 251–266\. Bibcode:2008EESTR..99..251P. doi:10.1017/S175569100900704X.3–4&rft.pages=251-266&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S175569100900704X&rft_id=info:bibcode/2008EESTR..99..251P&rft.au=Alex+Page&rft.au=Philip+R.+Wilby&rft.au=Claire+J.+T.+Mellish&rft.au=Mark+Williams&rft.au=Jan+A.+Zalasiewicz&rft_id=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9498/1/DawsoniaSUBMITTED.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1873+in+paleontology" class="Z3988">

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