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1883 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 1883.

Plants

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Angiosperms

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Porana speirii[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Lesquereux

late Eocene

Florissant Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A mallow relative.
moved to Holmskioldia speirii (1953)

Florissantia speirii

Dinosaurs

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Name Status Authors Notes

Craspedodon

Nomen dubium

Dollo

Orthomerus

Nomen dubium

Harry Govier Seeley

Possible subjective synonym of Telmatosaurus.

Plesiosaurs

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New taxa

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Name Status Authors Notes

Luetkesaurus

Nomen dubium

Kiprijanoff

See also

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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. ^ Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.