1880 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 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

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Baptanodon[2]

Gen et comb nov

valid

Marsh

Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)

Sundance Formation

United States
Wyoming

Moved from "Sauranodon" natans Marsh, 1879.[3]

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## Pterosaurs

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Cretornis

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Fritsch

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middle Cretaceous (early Turonian)

Jizera Formation

Czech Republic

A member of Azhdarchoidea.

Rhamphocephalus

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Seeley

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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

Taynton Limestone Formation

England

A rhamphorhynchoid.

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## Synapsids

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### Non-mammalian

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Stereorhachis

Nomen dubium

Gaudry

Late Carboniferous

Coal deposits

France

A member of Eothyrididae.

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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. ^ Marsh, O. C., 1880, Note on Sauranodon: American Journal of Science, 3rd series, v. 19, n. 4, p. 491.
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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