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Overview of the events of 1894 in paleontology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 1894.
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Newton |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
An ornithosuchid. |
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | Images | |
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Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) |
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A dryosaurid. New genus for "Laosaurus" altus Marsh (1878). |
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Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
Junior subjective synonym of Massospondylus. |
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Fritsch |
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Plieninger |
preoccupied name; now known as Campylognathoides |
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Seeley |
248 Millions of years ago | One of the earliest cynodonts. | ![]() | ||
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