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 1868.
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Arthropoda
Newly named crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Schlüter |
Moved to the genus Protastacus in 1983. |
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Enoploclytia paucispina[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Schlüter |
An erymid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Schlüter |
A decapod, type species is E. nanodactylus. |
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Hoploparia macrodactyla[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Schlüter |
A lobster |
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Necrocarcinus senonensis[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Schlüter |
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Palaeocorystes laevis[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Schlüter |
Late Cretaceous (Upper Santonian) |
Moved to Bournelyreidus in 2012. |
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Squilla cretacea[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Schlüter |
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aphaenogaster berendti[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
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|
Sp nov |
valid |
A myrmicine ant. |
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Camponotus constrictus[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant., |
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Camponotus mengei[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant. |
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Enneamerus[3] |
Gen et 2 sp nov |
valid |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A myrmecine ant. 2 species |
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Formica flori[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant |
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Hypoclinea balticus[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus balticus in 1893 |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Yantaromyrmex constricta |
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Hypoclinea cornuta[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus cornutus in 1893 |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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|
Hypoclinea goepperti[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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Hypoclinea longipennis[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus longipennis in 1893 |
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Hypoclinea sculpturata[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus sculpturata in 1893 |
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Hypoclinea tertiaria[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Dolichoderus tertiaria in 1893 |
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sp nov |
jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Agroecomyrmecine ant, moved to Agroecomyrmex duisburgi in 1910 |
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Pheidologeton antiquus[3] |
sp nov |
jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil myrmicine ant, |
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|
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic Amber |
A ponerine ant, moved to Pachycondyla succinea in 1995 |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
European amber |
Fossil formicine ant, jr synonym of Nylanderia pygmaea |
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Stigmomyrmex[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Mayr |
Middle Eocene |
European amber |
A myrmicin ant. |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen et sp nov |
( |
Possible subjective synonym of Albertosaurus or Deinodon. |
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Gen nov |
Leidy |
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Possible subjective synonym of Dryptosaurus. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Valid |
Huxley |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g von der Marck, W.; Schlüter, C. (1868). Neue fische und krebse aus der kreide von Westphalen (PDF). Stuttgart: Palaeontographica. pp. 269–305. OCLC 39999779.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 56–59.
- ^ LaPolla, J.S.; Dlussky, G.M. (2010). "Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 112 (2): 258–273.
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