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Arthropods

Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnthrapalaemon woodwardiSp novjr synonymRobert Etheridge, JuniorViseanMoved to the genus Tealliocaris in 1908

Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAnthomyia burgessiSp novnomen dubiumScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationAn anthomyiid fly. Considered nomen dubium without discussion by Michelsen (1996).Anthomyia inanimataSp novnomen dubiumScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationAn anthomyiid fly. Considered nomen dubium without discussion by Michelsen (1996).Aphaenogaster longaevaSp novnomen dubiumScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA myrmicine ant, possibly nomen dubium.Boletina sepultaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA fungus gnat.Brachypeza abitaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA mycetophiline fungus gnat.Brachypeza proceraSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA mycetophiline fungus gnat.CalyptitesGen et sp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationAn ant of uncertain placement.Formica arcanaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA formicine antHypoclinea obliterataSp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA dolichoderine ant Moved to Dolichoderus obliteratus (1893)Heteromyza senilisSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA heleomyzid fly.Lachnus petrorumSp novjr synonymScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationAn aphidomorph of uncertain placement Moved to Geranchon petrorum (1890)Liometopum pingueSp novvalidScudderYpresianGreen River Formation An ant species, moved to Eoformica pingue in 1930LithortalisGen et sp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA picture-winged fly. Type species L. pictaLonchaea senescensSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA lauxaniid fly. Referred to Lauxaniidae without redescription.Palloptera morticinaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA flutter-wing fly.Pimpla decessaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA pimpline ichneumon parasitic waspPimpla saxeaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA pimpline ichneumon parasitic waspPimpla senectaSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA pimpline ichneumon parasitic waspPrometopia depilisSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA sap beetleSciomyza revelataSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA marsh fly.Trichonta dawsoniSp novvalidScudder?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationA mycetophiline fungus gnat.

Fish

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHeliobatisgen et sp nov.Valid MarshWasatchianGreen River FormationOne of two stingrays from the Green River Formation. The type species is H. radians.

Non-dinosaurian reptiles

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDasygnathus Junior synonymHuxleyLate TriassicLossiemouth Sandstone FormationAn indeterminate pseudosuchian whose name was preoccupied by MacLeay (1819), later renamed Dasygnathoides by Kuhn (1961). The type species is D. longidens. Palaeoctonus Nomen dubiumCopeLate Triassic Dubious genus of misidentified phytosaur. Suchoprion Nomen dubiumCopeDubious genus of misidentified phytosaur.

Dinosaurs Laelaps trihedrodon, Cope criticizes Dryptosaurus O. W. Lucas collected the first remains of what would later in the year be named Laelaps trihedrodon from Quarry I of the Saurian Hill at Garden Park, Colorado."Introduction," Chure (2001) page 11. Edward Drinker Cope would describe the material later in the year in a short paper titled "On a carnivorous dinosaurian from the Dakota beds of Colorado."Cope (1887) pages 805-806. The "Dakota beds" he references are actually Morrison Formation strata. Cope claims to have a skeleton of unspecified completeness on which to establish the new species, but only describes a partial dentary which has 5 successional teeth, 2 functional teeth, and one tooth missing from its socket. All of the preceding material has since been lost to science with the exception of 5 broken, partial tooth crowns."Description of 5780," Chure (2001) page 11. From the now missing dentary, Cope infers that the creature is a carnivore and compares its dentition to that belonging to other members of his infamous genus "Laelaps", L. aquilunguis and L. incrassatus. Cope concludes the paper with a pointed criticism of his rival O. C. Marsh's attempt to rename Laelaps as the genus Dryptosaurus because the generic name Laelaps has been used in entomology.Cope (1887) page 806. Cope claims that since the mite genus Laelaps was a synonym that the name was not truly preoccupied and Marsh's erection of Dryptosaurus has therefore created a new, redundant synonym of Laelaps the dinosaur. However, subsequent researchers have supported Marsh's new name.

Apatosaurus Apatosaurus specimen found with preserved gastroliths.Cannon (1907). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.

New genera Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImages Allosaurus ValidMarsh Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) (, , , , , ,,,,,, and )An allosaurid theropod. The type species is A. fragilis. Amphicoelias Nomen dubiumCopeLate Jurassic ()A diplodocoid sauropod. The type species is A. altus. Apatodon Nomen dubiumMarsh ()Possible subjective synonym of Allosaurus. The type species is A. mirus. Apatosaurus ValidMarshLate Jurassic (, , , )An apatosaurine diplodocid. The type species is A. ajax. Atlantosaurus Nomen dubiumMarshLate Jurassic A replacement name for Titanosaurus Marsh (1877). Camarasaurus ValidEdward Drinker CopeLate Jurassic (,)A camarasaurid. The type species is C. supremus. Caulodon Jr. synonymCopeLate Jurassic Junior subjective synonym of Camarasaurus. Dryptosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) ()Replacement name for Laelaps Cope (1866). Dystrophaeus ValidCopeLate Jurassic A eusauropod of unknown affinities. The type species is D. viaemalae. Nanosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic ( and )An ornithischian. The type species is N. agilis. Stegosaurus ValidOthniel Charles MarshLate Jurassic (, and )A stegosaur. The type species is S. armatus. Tichosteus Nomen dubiumCopeAffinities unknown. The type species is T. lucasanus. Titanosaurus Nomen dubiumLydekkerLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) A titanosaur. The type species is T. indicus. Titanosaurus Preoccupied.MarshPreoccupied by a genus erected by Richard Lydekker this same year, later renamed Atlantosaurus. The type species is T. montanus.

Synapsids Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesArchaeobelusSynonym of ClepsydropsClepsydrops limbatusCope

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