1870 in paleontology

Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBibio lartetiiSp. novjr synonymOustalet, 1870OligoceneA bibionid, moved to Plecia larteti in 2017Protomyia lugensSp novjr synonymOustalet, 1870OligoceneA bibionid, moved to Penthetria lugens in 2017

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Asineops''' | Gen et Sp nov | valid | Cope | EoceneYpresian | Green River Formation

A fish of possibly Percopsiformes affiliation.The type species is A. squamifrons|

|Cyprinodon levatus| Sp nov | Jr synonym | Cope | EoceneYpresian | Green River Formation

A percopsid fishMoved to Erismatopterus levatus in 1871

Turtles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images PneumatoarthrusCope, 1870. Observations on the Reptilia of the Triassic formations of the Atlantic region of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 11, 444-446.Gen et sp novvalidCopeCretaceous MaastrichtianMount Laurel FormationFirst identified as a possible basal sauropod.Reidentified as a protostegid marine turtle.The type species is P. peloreus

Archosauromorphs

Newly named birds Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Laornis Misidentification.MarshMisidentified bird. The type species is L. edvardsianus

Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Antrodemus Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Leidy Tithonian Morrison Formation Possible subjective synonym of Allosaurus Hadrosaurus minor Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Marsh Maastrichtian Navesink Formation? A species of Hadrosaurus Ornithopsis hulkei Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Barremian Wealden Formation Earlier it was believed that the fossils were those of a pterosaur. But now it is known that they were the bones of a Sauropod. "Struthiosaurus" Nomen nudum Bunzel Campanian Grünbach Formation An ankylosaur formally named Struthiosaurus in 1871

Plesiosaurs

New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Taphrosaurus Valid Cope () Uronautes Valid Cope

Pterosaurs Harry Govier Seeley published his expansive book The Ornithosauria'', reviewing the anatomy and classification of pterosaurs.

New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Cycnorhamphus Gen. nov. Valid Seeley Kimmeridgian Nursplinger Schist A new genus for Pterodactylus suevicus Quenstedt, 1855 Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus capito Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus colorhinus Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Camposipterus colorhinus Ornithocheirus crassidens Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus dentatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus denticulatus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus eurygnathus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus huxleyi Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus. Ornithocheirus microdon Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Lonchodraco microdon. Ornithocheirus nasutus Sp. nov. Valid Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Later named Camposipterus nasutus. Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus platystomus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus polyodon Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus reedi Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus tenuirostris Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Seeley Albian Cambridge Greensand A new species of Ornithocheirus. Rhabdopelix Misidentification Cope At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but is now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesLystrosaurusValidCope252 million years ago.

It was a protomammal that had fangs very similar to those of a walrus.

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